Two large projects for the writing and publication of Jewish historical works were announced here today. One will be a five-volume history of the Jews of Russia, edited by a committee of scholars headed by Ben Zion Dinur, Israeli Minister of Education. The other will be a twenty-volume history of the Jewish people from ancient times to the modern-era, to be published simultaneously in the Hebrew and English languages.
The plans for the history of Russian Jewry were outlined by Mr. Dinur, who declared that important documents and historical evidence of that disappearing Jewish community have been concentrated for the purpose.
Dr. Abraham A. Neuman, president of Dropsie College in Philadelphia, announced the second project. He said the 20-volume work is being financed chiefly by Alexander Gurevitch of Israel and Theodore Sondov, president of Jewish History Publications, a New York corporation. The history of world Jewry will be edited by two boards of scholars. One board here will be headed by Prof. Moshe Schwabe of the Hebrew University; the American board will include scholars from the University of Pennsylvania, Dropsie College, Harvard University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion of Cincinnati.
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