Encyclopaedia Judaica
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Provides an overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, eds. Macmillan Reference USA, 22 vols.