Last night I discovered the following: Touro College Libraries just digitized David Tidhar's 19-volume, Hebrew-language "Encyclopedia of the Pioneers and Builders of Israel" (http://www.tidhar.tourolib.org) - a joint project with David Tidhar's family. His monumental Encyclopedia is the only biographical source for many of the approximately 6,000 people included. Having been the first private detective in Israel, Tidhar was ideally suited to compile such a work, to which he dedicated the last decades of his life and has become a classic reference source for researchers, historians, as well as laymen. It is freely available to the public
Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger Head, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Library 355A Thompson Memorial Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Ave. Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA E-Mail: galro...@osu.edu or jgal...@gmail.com Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918 Google Voice: (614) 285-4290 URL: http://library.osu.edu/about/departments/jewish-studies/ Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: http://hebrewlit.notlong.com
