Re: Jewish Encyclopedia

[Martin Horwitz <mhorwitz...>]

Re: Jewish Encyclopedia
At first glance it looks ok, but has anyone checked out who published it,
who wrote articles etc.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Davis" <michaelinchicago (at) sbcglobal(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: Jewish Encyclopedia


> The Jewish Encyclopedia has been online for a while. I think it is a
> wonderful resource. IMHO for subjects before the beginning of the 20th
> century, it is better than the Encyclopedia Judaica.
>
> Michael
>
>
> --- dchevan (at) snet(dot)net wrote:
> > Here is an interesting site that I just found this morning. Maybe
> > some of you already know about it, but I thought the group would find
> > it worth knowing about.  Apparently, the 12-volume Jewish
> > Encyclopedia (1901-1906) is now part of the public domain and has
> > been made available at:
> >
> > http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
> >
> > There are quite a few articles on Jewish music.  The encyclopedia is
> > nearly 100 years old so many are out of date, but still interesting
> > to read and worth the browse.
> > The site is free quite user friendly.
> > dc
>
>

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