The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe is a two-volume, English-language reference work on the history and culture of Eastern European Jews.Publisher description, U.S. Library of Congress catalog It is written by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and published by the Yale University Press in 2008.

Printed version

The printed version of the encyclopedia, 2,400 pages in length, has over 1,800 alphabetical entries written by 450 contributors, with over 1,000 illustrations and 55 maps.

Online version

The free online version of the encyclopedia was launched on June 10, 2010.

Awards

 Recipient of the 2009 Dartmouth Medal Honorable Mention by the American Library Association.Dartmouth Medal, , accessed March 3, 2014
 Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Outstanding Academic Title 2008 Choice, , accessed March 3, 2014
 Winner of the 2008 Judaica Reference Award, given by the Association of Jewish LibrariesReference & Bibliography Awards,  , accessed March 3, 2014
 Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in the Multi-volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences category, from the Association of American PublishersAssociation of American Publishers Announces 2008 PROSE Award Winners , , accessed March 3, 2014

Related pages

 Jewish Virtual Library
 Encyclopaedia Hebraica
 Encyclopædia Britannica

References

Category:Encyclopedias
Category:Jewish history
Category:2008 establishments in the United States