Central Yiddish School Organization
- CYSZO
Dates of Existence
Founded in the 1920s
History
Founded in the early 1920s as a response to Jewish cultural autonomy after Polish independence, the Central Yiddish School Organization provided secular Jewish education in Yiddish. As many young Jews began to redefine their Jewish identity in relation to the modern world, some emerged as new kinds of nontraditional rebbes or rebeyim.
Places
Founded and active in Poland.
Sources
Yiddish Book Center, www.yiddishbookcenter.org