Benzion C. Kaganoff, ‘A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History’

Originally published in the Journal of Jewish Studies 31:2 (1980), p. 271. Benzion C. Kaganoff, A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1978. xiii, 250pp. £5.95. Rabbi Kaganoff, in his introduction to this well-researched study, notes that since Zunz wrote his Die Namen der Juden, 140 years ago, no book has ever been…