YIVO sometimes used its airtime on WEVD to broadcast recordings of its scholarly conferences. Here, Dr. Max Weinreich delivers the opening address at YIVO's Conference on Jewish Participation in Movements Devoted to the Cause of Social Progress, which took place in Carnegie Hall on September 10-13, 1964.From 1963-1976, YIVO had ...

Max Weinreich on Jewish Participation in Movements for Social Progress

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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Max Weinreich on Jewish Participation in Movements for Social Progress

Max Weinreich on Jewish Participation in Movements for Social Progress