THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 10 Friday, December 5, 1980 Encyclopedia Hebraica: a Herculean Task Completed Co/of- PASSPORT PHOTOS ing. The concept of such an encyclopedia was envisaged by Bracha Peli, who in 1932 founded the Masada Pub- lishing Co. In 1936, the six-volume Encyclopedia Masada was issued as a forerunner to the Encyclopedia Hebraica. Remarkably, Bracha Peli at 89 still remains active as president of the company. By SIMON GRIVER World Zionist 2 for $ 6 95 Service The most ambitious, ex- tensive and expensive proj- ect in the Hebrew language has finally been completed. The recent publication of the 32nd volume of the Encyclopedia Hebraica marks the culmination of more than 30 years of re- search, planning and print- Press Ready while you wait bel-crest photo STUDIO AND CAMERA SHOP 6698 Orchard Lake Rd. 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An index will be is- sued in two years time, as well as supplementary vol- umes. PHOTOS In Living Color WHILE YOU WAIT READY IN MINUTES 6 WAYS VIA UNITED 8 Nights includes Airfare, receiving requests for them PASSPORT A . -4 formation but also be- cause it provides Hebrew readers with endless academic information on subjects like astronomy, medicine, history and politics, which are otherwise unavailable in Hebrew. In fact the encyclopedia fills a vacuum for inquiring schoolchildren, as well as being appreciated by schol- ars worldwide. Masada pub- lishing received an anxious letter several years ago from the British Museum wanting copies of the final volumes of the encyclopedia because they were forever Tree Planting in Como Special $9 , Chaim Weizmann was skeptical when the project was begun in 1946, that an encyclopedia could be pro- duced worthy of standing alongside the likes of the Encyclopedia Americana or Britannica. But in 1949, when the first volume was published, he was pleas- antly surprised and ex- pressed admiration at what he considered an accom- plished edition. Thousands of copies were snapped up and since then an average of one new volume a year has been produced. Today more than 60,000 sets have been purchased and each volume sells at 130 Shekels ($22). It has been claimed that the completion of the project is very much behind schedule and that in the past this left a bitter taste in the mouth of some sub- scribers. Prof. Joshua Prawer is the present editor of Encyclopedia Hebraica. The encyclopedia con- tains more than 30,000 entries written by 1,200 scholars, 40 of whom are Nobel Prize holders. Paradoxically, the last of all the entries is Tishri, the Hebrew month at the start of the year. The seventh volume deals solely with Is- rael. Encyclopedia Hebraica differs from Encyclopedia Judaica not only because it is in Hebrew but because it includes universal as well as Jewish knowledge. 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