BARIKHT FUN DER KONFERENTS FUN DEM YIDISHN VISENSHAFTLEKHN INSTITUT : OPGEHALTN IN VILNE FUN 24TN BIZN 27TN OKTOBER 1929
Item #22441
Vilne : [Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut ], 1930. Paper wrapper, 8vo, 172 pages. In Yiddish, with summary in English. Conference publication. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish language -- Congresses. Title on cover: Sprawozdanie z konferencji Zydowskiego Instytutu naukowego/ Proceedings of the Conference of the Yiddish Scientific Institute. "YIVO (acronym for Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut) INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH, the principal world organization conducting research in Yiddish and about the history and culture of Yiddish-speaking Jewry. Until 1955, its English designation was the Yiddish Scientific Institute. YIVO sought from its inception to collect and preserve material mirroring Jewish life and to study various Jewish problems objectively and empirically. In this endeavor, YIVO was guided by three basic principles: (1) the peoplehood of Jews, especially as united by the Yiddish language; (2) the enrichment of the life of that people by means of Jewish scholarship; and (3) the application of the most modern methods of research in the quest for a better understanding of Jewish identity and Jewish group phenomena" (Liptizin & Kuznitz, EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide. Cover chipped, pages brittle and browning, slight tears to first few pages. Small hole on cover obscures some title text. Some writing in pen on cover. Repair with paper tape to spine. Otherwise good + condition. (YID-11-7).
Price: $100.00