Today’s episode was original heard on January 17, 1965. On the 40th anniversary of the founding of YIVO and the 25th anniversary of its relocation to New York, host Sheftl Zak talks about the annual YIVO conference which had begun the night before. As the February 1965 edition of Yedies ...

YIVO’s 40th Anniversary/25th Anniversary of Relocation to New York (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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YIVO’s 40th Anniversary/25th Anniversary of Relocation to New York (1965)

YIVO’s 40th Anniversary/25th Anniversary of Relocation to New York (1965)