A reading guide and index to the recently completed 10-volume Universal Jewish Encyclopedia in English was issued today under the title The Seven-Branched Candle Light.” The book, identical in dimensions and in binding with the Encyclopedia itself, is designed to enable the reader to pursue home studies in at least 100 major courses and to facilitate utilization of the thousands of other subjects of Jewish interest contained in the ten volumes of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia.
“The Seven-Branched Candle Light” was compiled by Rabbi Simon Cohen in collaboration with Louis Rittenberg and Rabbi Abraham I. Shindeling, research director, executive-literary editor and revision editor respectively of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. This guide and index groups the themes of study under seven prime heads: Religion, Jewish Life, Jews and Non-Jews, History, Literature, Jewish Contributions to Civilization and General Subjects.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
