The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
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| Editor | Gershon David Hundert |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Eastern Europe Jewry |
| Genre | Reference encyclopaedia |
| Published | 2008 |
| Publisher | Yale University Press Official site |
| Media type | 2 volumes and online |
| Pages | 2,400 |
| Awards | Association of Jewish Libraries Judaica Reference Award, 2008 |
| ISBN | 9780300119039 |
| OCLC | 170203576 |
| LC Class | P-PXK 12-442 |
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe is a two-volume, English-language reference work on the history and culture of Eastern Europe Jewry in this region, prepared by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and published by Yale University Press in 2008.[1]
Print edition[]
The encyclopedia, 2,400 pages in length, contains over 1,800 alphabetical entries written by 450 contributors, and features over 1,000 illustrations and 55 maps.
Online edition[]
The online version of the Encyclopedia was officially launched June 10, 2010. It's free to access online.
Awards and honors[]
- Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Outstanding Academic Title 2008 [2]
- Recipient of the 2009 Dartmouth Medal Honorable Mention by the American Library Association.[3]
- Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in the Multi-volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences category, from the Association of American Publishers[4]
- Winner of the 2008 Judaica Reference Award, given by the Association of Jewish Libraries[5]
Editorial staff[]
Editor-in-Chief: Gershon David Hundert, McGill University
Editorial Board:
- , Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
- , Tel Aviv University
- , Bar-Ilan University
- David Engel, New York University
- , Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- , Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- , Jagiellonian University
- , Hebrew University
- , University of Haifa, Hebrew University
- , Ben Gurion University
- , Tel Aviv University
- Jack Jacobs, John Jay College, City University of New York
- Samuel Kassow, Trinity College
- Hillel J. Kieval, Washington University in St. Louis
- Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York University
- Mikhail Krutikov, University of Michigan
- Dov Levin, Hebrew University
- , University at Albany
- , University of Maryland, College Park
- , Colgate University
- , Victoria, British Columbia
- , Tel Aviv University
- , Tel Aviv University
- , Hebrew University
- Mark Slobin, Wesleyan University
- Shaul Stampfer, Hebrew University
- Michael Stanislawski, Columbia University
- Michael C. Steinlauf, Gratz College
- , University of Haifa
- , Hebrew University
- , Hebrew University
- , Lehigh University
- , Ben Gurion University
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Publisher description, U.S. Library of Congress catalog
- ^ Choice, [1], accessed 3 March 2014
- ^ Dartmouth Medal, [2], accessed 3 March 2014
- ^ Association of American Publishers Announces 2008 PROSE Award Winners , [3], accessed 3 March 2014
- ^ Reference & Bibliography Awards, [4], accessed 3 March 2014
Bibliography[]
- The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, ed. Gershon D. Hundert. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-300-11903-9
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