Re: YIVO Acronym

[Elliott <elliott16...>]

where do you find  'What does that
> logo mean?')....
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From: "Abbi Wood" <acw24 (at) hermes(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: YIVO Acronym


>
> ...and check out the immensely cool animated explanation of how their logo
> works! (go to http://www.yivoinstitute.org/ and click on 'What does that
> logo mean?')....
>
> abbi
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 SICULAR (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>
> > actually, I believe YIVO's acronym is from transliteration of tsvey
yudn,
> > tsvey vov, alef... it stands for YIdisher Visinshaftlikher Institut
[when you
> > spell "institut" in Yiddish, it starts with alef, which can be
pronounced
> > 'oh' as in komets alef], which means  -- literally -- the Jewish
Scientific
> > Institute (remember, Yiddish means Jewish in Yiddish).  Back in the
1920s,
> > when they founded YIVO in Vilna, calling anything scientific gave it a
> > dignified tone, and of course there were many social sciences being
studied
> > there.
> >
> > YIVO today translates its name into English as the YIVO Institute for
Jewish
> > Research.
> >
> > Eve Sicular
> > former YIVO photo & film curator, East 86th St & West 57th St
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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