Краткая еврейская энциклопедия. Том 1. Аарон - Высоцкий

The Brief Jewish Encyclopedia (KEE) is an encyclopedia in Russian, published in 11 volumes in Jerusalem in 1976-2005 by the Society for the Study of Jewish Communities with the support of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This encyclopedia is the only consolidated branch encyclopedic publication on Jewish studies in Russian, which has been published after a seventy-year break since the publication of the "Jewish Encyclopedia" by Brockhaus and Efron. CEE was originally planned as an abbreviated translation of the Encyclopedia of Judaica in English, but in the course of work it became clear that the reader who grew up in the Soviet Union, as a rule, is not familiar with the concepts underlying the cultural-historical complex, which is usually called the "Jewish civilization ". In the CEE, these concepts were explained in detail, and terms that were absent in modern Russian were introduced. Most of the names of biblical characters and place names of Israel are given in the accepted Hebrew form. The conceptual basis of the CEE is its thematic bipolarity: Eretz-Israel, especially the State of Israel, on the one hand, and the Jews of Russia and the USSR, on the other, which, however, does not exclude a wide coverage of various aspects of the life and history of Jews in all countries of the Diaspora. A team of editors worked on the CEE, who prepared articles with the participation of many invited experts and scientific consultants. Volume 1. Aaron - Vysotsky.
Publisher: Keter