Dedicated to the memory of Felix M. Warburg, the second of ten volumes of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, in English, was published today, according to an announcement by Rabbi Isaac Landman, editor-in-chief, who is also director of the Academy for Adult Jewish Education. The remaining volumes are scheduled to appear at approximately three-month intervals, the entire set to be completed by the end of 1941.
Containing 656 pages, upward of 1,100 articles and 513 illustrations, Volume II embraces all of the letter B and part of C–from Beal through Canada. The illustrations of Volume II comprise a number of five-color reproductions, maps, charts and rare facsimile documents, in addition to black and white photographs.
The dedicatory inscription for Volume II cites “Felix M. Warburg, whose devotion to cultural pursuits was as universal as are the traditions and teachings of Judaism; whose vision and sense of reality gave initial impetus to the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia.”
Ninety-three Biblical and Talmudic subjects, 40 historical and institutional surveys, 130 community histories, and hundreds of biographies of outstanding Jews, as well as of Gentiles who have espoused the Jewish cause through the centuries, in 51 countries, are included in the volume.
The ten volumes will contain more than 5,000,000 words, covering 6,500 pages; 50,000 references; upwards of 12,000 articles, contributed by 613 experts in their fields, from 50 different countries, making Jewish experience and Jewish contacts with all the peoples of the earth–from Abraham to this day–more comprehensible than ever before.
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