YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:research_institute
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:YIVO
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Center_for_Jewish_History
gptkbp:director gptkb:Jonathan_Brent
gptkbp:focus gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Yiddish_language
Jewish history
East European Jewish history
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Vilnius
1925
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Elias_Tcherikower
gptkb:Nokhem_Shtif
gptkb:Zelig_Kalmanovich
gptkb:Max_Weinreich
gptkbp:hasArchive gptkb:historical_documents
photographs
personal papers
Jewish manuscripts
Yiddish books
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:Yiddish
English
gptkbp:movedTo gptkb:New_York_City
1940
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
gptkb:Chaim_Grade
gptkb:Abraham_Joshua_Heschel
gptkbp:notableCollection Jewish music archives
Jewish press archives
Holocaust testimonies
Yiddish theater materials
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:YIVO_Encyclopedia_of_Jews_in_Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:offers exhibitions
fellowships
lectures
public programs
courses
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Yidisher_Visnshaftlekher_Institut
gptkbp:preserves Holocaust documents
prewar Jewish community records
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:United_States
worldwide
gptkbp:type gptkb:archives
gptkb:educational_institution
gptkb:library
gptkbp:website https://www.yivo.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dovid_Katz
gptkb:YIVO_Encyclopedia
gptkb:Vilna_Ghetto_survivors
gptkb:Chaim_Grade
gptkb:Forward_(newspaper)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6