Fred Skolnik
Fred Skolnik
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Fred Skolnik is best known as the editor in chief of the 22-volume second edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica[1]. Born in New York City, he has lived in Israel since 1963, working mostly as an editor and translator. He is widely respected for his work with the Encyclopaedia Judaica [2], which was the winner of the 2007 Dartmouth Medal and hailed as a landmark achievement by the Library Journal. Beyond the Encyclopedia Judaica, he has been involved with other award-winning projects including The New Encyclopedia of Judaism (co-editor, 2002)[3] and the 3-volume Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (senior editor, 2001).
Now writing full time, at various times in his life, he has also operated a farm, managed a hotel, and served as financial comptroller of a textile firm. Fred Skolnik has published dozens of stories in the past few years in TriQuarterly, Gargoyle, The MacGuffin, Minnetonka Review, Los Angeles Review, Prism Review, Underground Voices, and others. His first novel, The Other Shore, is set for release in June 2011 from Aqueous Books.
References
- ^ Skolnik, F., & Berenbaum, M. (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House.
- ^ http://www.encyclopediajudaica.us/
- ^ Wigoder, G., Skolnik, F., & Himelstein, S. (2002). The new encyclopedia of Judaism. New York: New York University Press.