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.
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.
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 Recipient of the 2009 Dartmouth Medal Honorable Mention by the American Library Association.Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in the Multi-volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences category, from the Association of American Publishers Winner of the 2008 Judaica Reference Award, given by the Association of Jewish LibrariesEditor-in-Chief: Gershon David Hundert, McGill University
Editorial Board:
Marion Aptroot, Heinrich Heine University, DüsseldorfDavid Assaf, Tel Aviv UniversityGershon Bacon, Bar-Ilan UniversityDavid Engel, New York UniversityImmanuel Etkes, Hebrew University of JerusalemEdward Fram, Ben Gurion University of the NegevMichał T. Galas, Jagiellonian UniversityHaim Gertner, Hebrew UniversityAvraham Greenbaum, University of Haifa, Hebrew UniversityZe'ev Gries, Ben Gurion UniversityAvner Holtzman, Tel Aviv UniversityJack Jacobs, John Jay College, City University of New YorkSamuel Kassow, Trinity CollegeHillel J. Kieval, Washington University in St. LouisBarbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York UniversityMikhail Krutikov, University of MichiganDov Levin, Hebrew UniversityOlga Litvak, University at AlbanyRachel Manekin, University of Maryland, College ParkAlice Nakhimovsky, Colgate UniversityMagda Opalski, Victoria, British ColumbiaElchanan Reiner, Tel Aviv UniversityYaakov Ro'i, Tel Aviv UniversityMichael K. Silber, Hebrew UniversityMark Slobin, Wesleyan UniversityShaul Stampfer, Hebrew UniversityMichael Stanislawski, Columbia UniversityMichael C. Steinlauf, Gratz CollegeAdam Teller, University of HaifaChava Turniansky, Hebrew UniversityLeon Volovici, Hebrew UniversityChava Weissler, Lehigh UniversityMordechai Zalkin, Ben Gurion University