Bibliography  on  Antisemitism  Project  of  SICSA
SICSA - the Vidal Sassoon International Center
            for the Study of Antisemitism

    SICSA is an interdisciplinary research center founded in 1982,
dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the
accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for
understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism. The Center engages in
research on antisemitism through the ages, focusing on relations
between Jews and non-Jews, particularly in situations of tension and
crisis.

Yehuda Bauer, Chairman;
Shmuel Almog, Director;
Sue Fox, Assistant Director

               Bibliography on Antisemitism Project
            Otto Dov Kulka, Academic Committee Advisor;
                   Susan S. Cohen, Editor-in-Chief;
                    Rosalind Arzt, Managing Editor

Background and Objectives

    The Bibliography Project of SICSA was initiated in 1983. The
purpose of the project is two-fold: to create an online database of
articles and books about antisemitism appearing world-wide in many
languages, and to publish it in book form. Each item includes a
complete bibliographic description and an abstract of contents
relevant to antisemitism.  Antisemitic works are not listed.
     The bibliography staff of SICSA, based at the Jewish National and
University Library (JNUL) in Jerusalem, registers and annotates all
pertinent material, beginning with items published in 1984. This
information is entered online into the Aleph library network of the
Hebrew University, making the material accessible to students and
scholars at various university libraries in Israel.
     Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 1 (1984-85),
published in 1987 by Garland Publishing of New York, contains 1252
items and two appendixes: "Current Antisemitic Periodicals" and
"Bibliographies on Antisemitism and the Holocaust Published Prior to
1984."  Volume 2 (1986-87) will be ready for publication in the fall
of 1989.  Beginning with Volume 3, coverage of the Holocaust will be
more comprehensive.

Current Status of the Bibliography Project:
     - The database contains approximately 2600 items.
     - Volume 1 has been published, Volume 2 is in preparation, and
       collection for material has begun for Volumes 3 (1988) and 4
       (1989). Beginning with Volume 2, each volume will contain
       material from previous years which was not entered in the
       preceding volume.
     - The present staff of the project includes an editor, assistant
       editor, managing and technical editors, and a staff of
       abstractors proficient in many languages, including English,
       Hebrew, Yiddish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish,
       Portuguese, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, and Hungarian.
Future Plans:
     - To continue listing and abstracting current material.
     - To add material describing Jewish experiences during the
       Holocaust period, beginning with Volume 3.
     - To publish a bibliography of  material from and about Poland on
       cultural antisemitism between the two World Wars.
     - To list retrospective material using the collection of the
       Jewish National and University Library.
     - To publish a bibliographical listing of items on antisemitism
       from Lithuanian newspapers between the two World Wars.