ORGANIZATION

Founded 1925 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then part of Poland), relocated to New York City in 1940. "The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the history and culture of Ashkenazi Jewry and to its influence in the Americas."

Official Website:
http://www.yivo.org/

Location:
New York City

Founding Date:
1925

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter Beinart	Columnist	1971		Washington Post columnist
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.	Author	16-Sep-1950		The Signifying Monkey
Marty Peretz	Publisher	c. 1937		Co-Owner, The New Republic

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