Praise for the previous edition:
"The entries are well written, concise, accurate, and authoritative...objective and free from obvious bias...an outstanding reference resource that is appropriate for academic, school, and public libraries."—American Reference Books Annual
"This work is more concise, less intimidating, and more relevant to today's political and social climates than [the competition]...Highly recommended."—Choice
"...a solid addition that collections with healthy budgets will want to consider."—School Library Journal
"...a basic resource for the teaching of the history, terminology, people, and places that influenced Judaism."—Jewish Culture and History Journal
"...a very good one-volume resource that is especially accessible to young adults and non-Jews and would be a most worthwhile addition to general, academic, and Hebrew school library collections. Highly recommended."—Library Journal
"...a good reference source for Judaism."—Reference Reviews
"All aspects of Jewish life and history are explored in this comprehensive source in entries that are clearly written and matter-of-fact..."—SLJ Curriculum Connections
Encyclopedia of Judaism, Second Edition explores a religion that has a 2,000-year recorded history and has been a part of the culture of almost every country and society around the globe. Encapsulating all things Jewish—language, laws, literature, arts, theology, ritual, land, culture, and personalities—this authoritative volume offers readers access to Judaism from both a historical and contemporary perspective.
Since the demise of the Israelite religion, Jewish people have settled around the world, adapted to their host cultures, and produced cultural variances within Judaism. In doing so, they have experienced prosperity and tragedy, all of which is reflected in this comprehensive reference, along with biographical data on notable Jewish individuals.
Hundreds of A-to-Z entries cover Jewish tradition from religious practices in the Temple through exile and diaspora in Europe and Asia, to the expansion of Jewish denominations in America to the modern state of Israel and the continual development of rich diaspora Jewish communities. A bibliography, a chronology, and photographs complete this valuable resource.
This eBook is an easy-to-use and essential reference for high school and college students, researchers, and general readers.
Entries include:
- Ancient synogogues
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Bar/bat mitzvah
- Brazil
- Camp David
- China
- Albert Einstein
- Ellis Island
- Anne Frank
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Guggenheim family
- Hasidism
- Holocaust
- Homosexuality
- Kibbutz, kibbutzim
- Knesset
- Golda Meir
- Modern Orthodox movement
- Rabbinic law
- Rome
- Seder
- Yitzhak Shamir
- Tel Aviv
- United Nations
- Yeshiva
- Yom Kippur War
- Leopold Zunz.