title: The YIVO Encyclopedia
abstract: The YIVO Encyclopedia Gershon David Hundert, editor in chief. The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jew? in Eastern Europe, 2 volumes. New Haven, Conn., and London: Yale University Press, 2008. Pp. xxviii + 2,400; 32 pp. of plates.With the participation of 450 scholars from sixteen countries, guided by thirty-four- member editorial board, these two marvelous volumes cover wide expanse of time and space. By providing information on host of topics, they offer portrait and an interpretation of an entire world. 
journal: Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)