Junior Judaica: Encyclopaedia for Youth - Volume 2 / Junior Judaica is a book for continuous reading as much as it is a reference book. In each volume are entries on all the important concepts and ideas on Judiasm, on all the festivals of the Jewish calendar, on all the great events of Jewish history, on the hundreds of great Jews who have made significant contributions to their people and to the world at large, and on the countries, cities, and towns that have special meaning for the Jewish people. In addition, you will find out how other religions and cultures have acted towards the Jews and what Judiasm thinks about them. Junior Judaica gives the reader a detailed description of the Jewish world in past and present. You can read Junior Judaica from beginning to end, or you can open it and browse at random.You can also use it as an aid to your studies; to find out more about the things you read in school."