Slavic Judaica in the YIVO Library: Acquisitions from 1991-2001.

This article discusses the development of Jewish publications from the former Soviet Republics, which were acquired by the YIVO library during the last decade. A brief history of Slavic Judaica holdings at the YIVO library is provided, followed by an overview of new publishers and vendors of Slavic Judaica in the CIS countries, especially Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, and in the Baltic States. In addition, an extensive, selected bibliography on the following topics is appended: (1) Reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographies, sources on East European Jewry (2) History of East European Jewry, anti-Semitism, biography (3) Holocaust literature, World War II (4) East European Jewish culture (Yiddish literature in the original and translation, folklore, art, education, theater, fiction, poetry, Jewish wit and humor) and (5) Conferences, congresses, symposiums on East European Jewry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]