Magazine

The People of the Book in the World of Books: Jewish Book News and Reviews, Ed.-in-Chief Alexander Frenkel, St. Petersburg. (Russian)

This is a critical and bibliographical literary magazine dedicated to Jewish book publishing in the post-Soviet countries. The magazine has been published every other month since 1995. The reviews, surveys, bibliographies, and other materials in this magazine, are intended for librarians, academics, educators, and community workers, as well as for wider circles of Russian-speaking audiences.

 

Please visit the English version of the magazine's website at www.narodknigi.ru

Magazine supplements

A Chronicle of Jewish Viewpoints: Selected articles from “The People of the Book in the World of Books” magazine, 1995–2005, Compiled by Alexander Frenkel, St. Petersburg, 2005, 256 pp., ill. (Russian).

This collection of articles is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of “The People of the Book in the World of Books”—the Jewish critical and bibliographical literary magazine.
Frenkel, Alexander, Unknown Sholem Aleichem: new translations, research articles, publications, St. Petersburg, 2022, 356 pp., ill. (Russian)

The book includes translations of five short stories of the classic Yiddish writer, unfamiliar to the Russian audience. Each of the translations is preceded by an introductory article designed to acquaint the reader with the historical and literary context of the story. Other articles included in the book are devoted to the topic "Sholem Aleichem and Russian culture."
Jewish Community Libraries in Countries of the C.I.S. and Baltic: Reference Guide, Compiled by Alexander Frenkel, St. Petersburg, 2000, 96 pp. (Russian)

The guide includes information about 178 libraries in 13 countries.
Dymshits, Valery, “Ill weed” and other articles about Jewish literature, St. Petersburg, 2019, 272 pp., ill.

The author focuses on the works of Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isaac Babel, Philip Roth and other writers, as well as on the problems of translating multilingual Jewish literature into Russian.