Authors

Serving as a forum for their collective knowledge, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe includes articles written by more than 450 internationally recognized scholars. This encyclopedia brings their research together for the first time. Authors are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The directory also includes the authors’ credentials and enumerates the articles they have contributed to the encyclopedia. Click on the alphabetical list below to find an author.

Jacobs, Jack

Professor of Political Science, John Jay College and Graduate Center, City University of New York

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR:

• Ben-Adir
• Shtern
• Sport: An Overview

Jacobs, Louis

Rabbi, London, United Kingdom (deceased)

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR:

• Aharon Ben Mosheh ha-Levi Horowitz
• Hasidism: Everyday Life

Jacobson, Marion

Assistant Professor of Music, Albany College of Pharmacy, New York

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR:

• Music: Communal Organizations and Social Movements

Jelinek, Yeshayahu A.

Associate Professor Emeritus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR:

• Subcarpathian Rus’
• Uzhhorod