Dr. Cyrus Adler, chairman of the publication committee of the Jewish Publication Society of America, announced today as a result of a meeting recently held, that it had been decided that the next book to be issued should be a book on Venice, by Dr. Cecil Roth, in the historical Jewish community series. This book is a picture of the first Jewish ghetto, in a series whose predecessors were Frankfurt and London. No previous history of the Venice community has been issued.
It was further announced that the Children’s Bible, which had been in preparation for several years, was now on press. In conjunction with the board of trustees the committee adopted a somewhat altered policy for the future publications of the Society, based upon the actually expressed wish of the members. In future there will be a minimum of novels and juveniles. This does not mean that the Society will entirely eschew fiction, but only works of extraordinary merit will be accepted.
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