A fourteen-page article covering all schools of modern Judaism, features the sixth volume of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia which appeared here today. The 640 pages and 400 illustrations in the volume alphabetically cover subjects of Jewish interest from “JA” to “LE.”
Highpoints are the articles on 1,200 Jewish communities and twenty-seven Pages devoted to Jewish community and communal organizations. Rabbi Isaac Landman is editor-in-chief of this ten-volume work. Louis Rittenberg is executive and literary editor.
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