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English-language reference work
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.
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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:
Marion Aptroot ,
Heinrich Heine University ,
Düsseldorf
David Assaf ,
Tel Aviv University
Gershon Bacon ,
Bar-Ilan University
David Engel ,
New York University
Immanuel Etkes ,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Edward Fram ,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Michał T. Galas ,
Jagiellonian University
Haim Gertner , Hebrew University
Avraham Greenbaum ,
University of Haifa , Hebrew University
Ze'ev Gries , Ben Gurion University
Avner Holtzman , 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
Olga Litvak ,
University at Albany
Rachel Manekin ,
University of Maryland, College Park
Alice Nakhimovsky ,
Colgate University
Magda Opalski ,
Victoria, British Columbia
Elchanan Reiner , Tel Aviv University
Yaakov Ro'i , Tel Aviv University
Michael K. Silber , Hebrew University
Mark Slobin ,
Wesleyan University
Shaul Stampfer , Hebrew University
Michael Stanislawski ,
Columbia University
Michael C. Steinlauf ,
Gratz College
Adam Teller ,
University of Haifa
Chava Turniansky , Hebrew University
Leon Volovici , Hebrew University
Chava Weissler ,
Lehigh University
Mordechai Zalkin , 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
External links