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ALBANY — A local professor will spend the summer researching an encyclopedia written in the Yiddish language in the 1930s in Berlin and translate parts into English.
University at Albany assistant professor of Judaic studies Barry Trachtenberg was awarded $6,000 to research Di algemeyne entsiklopedye (the General Encyclopedia).
“Very few people are aware of the story of the encyclopedia itself,” said Trachtenberg. “It provides a window to look upon Jews of the 20th century.” dailygazette.com
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