Yizkor Books in the Twenty-First Century: A History and Guide to the Genre

Abstract

This article offers an introduction to the genre of community memorial volumes, also known as yizkor books (yisker-bikher in Yiddish, sifre zịkaron in Hebrew). The authors provide an overview of the books' contents, along with an update on recent developments relating to their publication and dissemination. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.