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General Resources, Encyclopedias, and Bibliographies of Hebrew Books
4General Resources 4Jewish Encyclopedias 4Bibliographies of Hebrew Books 4General Bio-Bibliographical Works 4Chassidic Rabbis 4Biographies 4Family Genealogies, Part I 4Family Genealogies, Part II 4Sephardi and Mizrahi Sources 4Yizkor Books Regions 4Austria 4Belarus 4Galicia/Ukraine 4Germany 4Hungary 4Israel 4Italy 4Latvia/Estonia 4Lithuania 4Poland 4Romania 4Russia 4Slovak/Czech 4South Africa 4United States Periodicals 4Jewish Historical Periodicals 4Journals of Jewish Genealogy 4Articles Audiotapes CD-ROMs Language Key (H) = Hebrew, (E) = English, (G) = German, (Y) = Yiddish, (F) = French, (R) = Russian, (P) = Polish To locate resources, see How to Locate Rabbinic Information Sources in Libraries and Archives.

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Kurzweil, Arthur. From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History. New York: HarperCollins. 1994.(E) See excerpt from Chapter I: " How I Discovered My Rabbinic Ancestry."

• Rottenberg, Dan. Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. New York: Random House, 1977. (E)

  • Includes source guide to Jewish family genealogies and an excellent discussion of Jewish sources in America.

• Shunami, Shlomo: Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1965. (second revised and enlarged edition). Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1975. (supplement to second enlarged edition)

• Zubatsky, David S. and Irwin Berent. Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1996. 1 Vol. (E)

  • Bibliography of Jewish genealogies and family histories. Includes 22,000 sources and over 10,000 names (See: surnames in this book) Previously published as Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies. 2 Vol. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.

JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Encyclopaedia Judaica. Berlin: Verlag Eschkol, 1928-1934. 10 Vols. (G)

• Encyclopaedia Judaica. Jerusalem: Encyclopaedia Judaica-Keter, 1971. 17 Vols. (E)

  • The standard encyclopedia on Jewish topics. Contains over 25,000 signed articles, most with bibliographies. Included among the many biographical entries are many living figures. Available on CD-ROM

• Entziklopediyah ha-ivrit. Jerusalem: Chevra le-hotsaat entziklopediyot, 1949. 27 Vols. (H)

• Evreyskaya Entsiklopediya. St. Petersburg: Brockhaus-Efron, 1906-1913. 16 Vols. (R)

• Jewish Encyclopedia. New York-London: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1901-1906. 12 Vols. (Reprinted New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1964). (E)

  • Signed articles by over 400 contributors covering the areas in the subtitle: "A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day." Bibliographies with each article. The old standard work is still useful for historical and biographical information. The Jewish Encyclopedia contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

  • The entire unedited contents of the Jewish Encyclopedia is now online at JewishEncyclopedia.com. This searchable online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. See also: Web Site Review: JewishEncyclopedia.com, by Lawrence D. Weinberg.

• Jüdisches Lexikon. Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag 1927-1930. 5 Vols. (G)

• Otsar Yisrael. New York: J. D. Eisenstein, 1907-1913. 10 Vols. (Reprinted Berlin-Vienna, 1924. London, 1935. New York, 1954. Jerusalem, 1971). (H)

• The Universal Jewish Encyclopaedia. New York: 1939-1943. 10 Vols. (E)

BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF HEBREW BOOKS

• Bass, Shabtai. Siftei Amsterdam: David Tartas, 1680. (Reprinted Zolkiew: 1806). (H)

• Benjacob, Yitshak. Otsar Ha-Sefarim. Vilna: Romm, 1880. (Reprinted New York: Hotsaat Yerushalayim, 1945; Jerusalem: 1994) (H)

  • Plus indices and additions: Slatkine, Menachem Mendel. Otsar ha-sefarim, chelek sheni. Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, 1965. (H)

• Friedberg, Bernhard. Bet Eked Sefarim. Jerusalem: 1951-1956. 4 Vols. (Reprinted Jerusalem, 1970. Tel Aviv, 1971). (H)

  • Bibliography of Hebrew books published before 1950. A CD-ROM version is available.
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• Fürst, Julius. Bibliotheca Judaica. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1849-1863. 3 Vols. (Reprinted Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1960).(G)

• Steinschneider, Moritz. Catalogum librorum hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana. Berlin, 1852. 3 Vols. (Reprinted Berlin, 1931. Hildesheim: G. Olms 1964, 1998). (G)

• Vinograd, Yeshayahu. Thesaurus of Hebrew Books (Otsar ha-sefer ha-ivri). Jerusalem: Institute for Computerized Hebrew Bibliography. 1993-1995. 2 Vols. (H)

• Wolf, Johann Christoph. Bibliotheca Hebraea. Hamburg: Christian Liebezeit, 1715-1733. 4 Vols. (G)

• Zeitlin, William. Bibliographia Hebraica Post-Mendelssohniana. Leipzig: K. F. Koehler, 1891-1895. (G)

4Information on rabbinical genealogy published on the Internet may be found separately in the extensive Links section of the Rav-SIG web site. See: Links Index.

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