YIVO bleter

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YIVO bleter is a scholarly journal focused on Yiddish studies, published by the Yidisher Visnshaftlikher Institut (YIVO), or Institute for Jewish Research. The institute's primary headquarters relocated from Vilna to New York in 1940, and YIVO bleter has served as an important forum for Yiddish scholarship since 1931. The journal is an example of the many Yiddish periodicals that have played a significant role in the history and production of Yiddish literature and scholarship, reflecting shifting centers of literary and intellectual activity over time.1

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Yiddish literature
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YIVO bleter (“YIVO Journal”) has been an important forum for scholarship in Yiddish studies since 1931. Its primary headquarters moved from Vilna to New York in 1940, together with the Yidisher Visnshaftlikher Institut (YIVO; “Institute for Jewish Research”). Yiddish writers also contributed to Di tsukunft…
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YIVO bleter (“YIVO Journal”) has been an important forum for scholarship in Yiddish studies since 1931. Its primary headquarters moved from Vilna to New York in 1940, together with the Yidisher Visnshaftlikher Institut (YIVO; “Institute for Jewish Research”). Yiddish writers also contributed to Di tsukunft…
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