# YIVO UK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170213
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1170213


## Contact

- **Address:** RWK GOODMAN, 69 CARTER LANE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC4V 5EQ
- **Phone:** 020 7583 2222
- **Email:** yivomail@yivo.cjh.org
- **Website:** www.yivo.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOSTERING KNOWLEDGE OF THE 1000-YEAR HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS: LANGUAGE, RELIGION, FOLKWAYS, AND MATERIAL CULTURE TO FOSTER EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP ON ASHKENAZI JEWRY DURING THE MODERN PERIOD AND TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARCHIVAL, LIBRARY AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH, NEW YORK (YIVO INSTITUTE).

**Activities:** The object of the CIO is fostering knowledge of the 1000-year history of Jewish life in eastern Europe and Russia in all its aspects: language, religion, folkways, and material culture to foster education and scholarship on Ashkenazi Jewry during the modern period and to support the continued development, maintenance and preservation of the archival, library and educational resources the CIO.




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Argentina
- Israel
- Northern Ireland
- Poland
- Scotland
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JONATHAN BRENT** | Chair | Oct. 28, 2016 |
| John Darrell North |  | Feb. 23, 2017 |
| Lord Gordon Joshua Wasserman |  | March 28, 2019 |
| ROBERT WAGMAN |  | Oct. 28, 2016 |




