Re: YIVO Acronym

[Elliott <elliott16...>]

Cancel my last letter . I found it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliott" <elliott16 (at) home(dot)com>
To: <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: YIVO Acronym


> where do you find  'What does that
> > logo mean?')....
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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