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This book is the first history of YIVO, the original center for Yiddish scholarship. Founded by a group of Eastern European intellectuals after World War I, YIVO became both the apex of secular Yiddish culture and the premier institution of Diaspora Nationalism, which fought for Jewish rights throughout the world at a time of rising anti-Semitism. From its headquarters in Vilna, Lithuania, YIVO tried to balance scholarly objectivity with its commitment to the Jewish masses. Using newly recovered documents that were believed destroyed by Hitler and Stalin, Cecile Esther Kuznitz tells for the first time the compelling story of how these scholars built a world-renowned institution despite dire poverty and anti-Semitism. She raises new questions about the relationship between Jewish cultural and political work and analyzes how nationalism arises outside of state power.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Intellectual life. --- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research --- YIVO --- IVO-Institut evreĭskikh issledovaniĭ (Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭork) --- ИВО Институт Еврейских Исследований --- יווא --- ייִדישער װיסנשאַפטלעכער אינסטיטוט --- יידישער וויסנשאפטלעכער אינסטיטוט --- יידישער וויסנשאפטלעכער אינסטיטוט ־ ייווא --- יידישער וויסענשאפטליכער אינסטיטוט --- ייווא --- ייווא אינסטיטוט פאר יידישער וויסענשאפט --- ייווא - יידישער וויסנשאפטלעכער אינסטיטוט --- ייװא --- ײדישער װיסנשאַפטלעכער אינסטיטו --- ײדישער װיסנשאפטלעכער אינסטיטוט --- ײדישער װיסנשאפטלעכער אינסטיטוט־־ײװא --- ײװא --- Yidisher ṿisnshafṭlekher insṭiṭuṭ --- History.