Max Weinreich
Max Weinreich · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Linguist who founded modern Yiddish scholarship and co-founded YIVO.
1894, Kuldīga, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (Latvia) — 1969, New York City, United States
Poland (Vilnius) · United States
Max Weinreich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Linguist who founded modern Yiddish scholarship and co-founded YIVO.
Max Weinreich was the founder of modern Yiddish scholarship and a co-founder of YIVO, the Yiddish Scientific Institute, in Vilnius in 1925; his history of the Yiddish language became a classic of the field. He led YIVO's relocation to New York after the Nazi invasion. Weinreich was Jewish and devoted his life to the study of Jewish language and culture.
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Linguist who founded modern Yiddish scholarship and co-founded YIVO.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
