Editor Gershon David Hundert Media type 2 volumes and online OCLC 170203576 Page count 2,400 ISBN 9780300119039 Country United States of America | Subject Eastern Europe Jewry Pages 2,400 Originally published 2008 Genre Reference work Publisher Yale University Press | |
Awards Association of Jewish Libraries Judaica Reference Award, 2008 Similar Encyclopaedia Judaica, History of the Yiddish language, Jewish Encyclopedia, The Jews in Poland and Russia, The Last Days of the Jerusale |
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.
Contents
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
Editorial staff
Editor-in-Chief: Gershon David Hundert, McGill University
Editorial Board:
References
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