From the Pages of Yedies

by ROBERTA NEWMAN

In September 1965, Yedies proudly reported on the inclusion of a happy birthday message to YIVO in the Congressional Record. The speech was delivered by Indiana congressman John Brademas.

John Brademas (1927-2013) was the first Greek-American to serve in Congress who later served as president of New York University. In the same year that he spoke about YIVO on the floor of the House of Representatives, he co-sponsored legislation creating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanties (NEH).