This episode, originally broadcast on April 4, 1965, presents excerpts from a speech delivered by Dr. Max Weinreich at a staff luncheon on the occasion of YIVO’s 40th anniversary. The talk covers the founding of YIVO, influential individuals in its history, and sources of funding in the earliest days of ...

Dr. Max Weinreich Reminisces About the Early Days of YIVO (1965)

From 1963-1976, YIVO had its own program on WEVD, the radio station established by the Socialist Party of America in 1927 (its call letters stand for the initials of American socialist leader Eugene V. Debs), which was purchased by the Jewish Daily Forward in 1932 and became a major venue from Yiddish programming.

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Dr. Max Weinreich Reminisces About the Early Days of YIVO (1965)

Dr. Max Weinreich Reminisces About the Early Days of YIVO (1965)