Awarded to the producer of the best audiobook for children andor young adults published in english in the united states. Click on the award name or winner name to get list of all awardswinners. Coeditor with kenneth seeskin, the cambridge guide to jewish history, religion, and culture 2010, 2010 national jewish book award winner, first place in anthologies and collections. Job, jethro, and balaam in rabbinic and patristic tradition, and she is editor of jewish women in historical perspective and women of the word. The national jewish book award winners were announced wednesday and theres. The award is known as the mimi frank award in memory of becky levythe in 20022003 and as the myra h. Her most recent edited volumes are the cambridge dictionary of judaism and jewish culture 2011 and the cambridge guide to jewish history, religion, and culture 2010, coedited with kenneth seeskin and a 2011 national jewish book award winner. National jewish book award minnesota state university.
The winners of the national book award from 1950 to present are as follows. Female adolescence, jewish law, and ordinary culture eve krakowski winner of the 2017 national jewish book award in womens studies barbara dobkin award finalist for the 2017 national jewish book award in scholarship nahum sarna memorial award honorable mention for the 2018 aar award for excellence in the study of religion. Baskin is knight professor of humanities and associate dean for humanities at the university of oregon. National jewish book award winners announced the forward. Fishman, professor of jewish history, has received the jewish book councils 2017 national jewish book award for the book smugglers. The cambridge guide to jewish history, religion, and. It has been translated into arabic, french, german, hebrew and turkish. Dennis ross among national jewish book awards winners. The awards in the contemporary jewish life and practices category are presented to authors of a nonfiction book about current tools and resources for jewish living. His 1994 book, under crescent and cross, a comparative study of islamicjewish and christianjewish relations in the middle ages, won a national jewish book award. Common knowledge book awards national jewish book award finalists.
Members receive valuable benefits including special discounts, literary gifts, and exclusive content, while helping jbc to support and celebrate jewish literature. Previous winners national jewish book awards, national. The awards are intended to recognize authors, and encourage reading, of outstanding englishlanguage books of jewish interest. For purposes of the national jewish book awards, a jewish book is one that deals with aspects of judaism and jewish life in the categoryies delineated. National jewish book award for modern jewish thought. The book won in the holocaust award category in memory of ernest w. The program will be hosted by abigail pogrebin, author, most recently, of the forthcoming memoir my jewish year. Jan 11, 2018 the jewish book council has announced the winners for the 2017 national jewish book awards, the 67th installment in north americas longestrunning awards program in the field of jewish literature.
Awards juvenile literature libguides at millersville. The struggle for israel, 19171947, a book by bruce hoffman about jewish operations in prestate israel, was tapped as the jewish book of the year. The awards are designed to heighten awareness of outstanding books of jewish interest published in the last year and to encourage the reading of worthwhile books. On the day of the national book awards ceremony the judges meet to select the national book award winners. The winners of the 2017 national jewish book awards will be honored on march 6 at a gala awards dinner and ceremony to be held at the prince george ballroom in manhattan. This is a list of the winners of the national jewish book award by category. Stein is winner of a 2016 national jewish book award ucla. Scenes from the cultural history of the jews of russia in. They are awarded by the jewish book council, a newyork based nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of jewish literature since 1944. Nov 24, 20 similarly, the national book critics circle awards came into being after an infamous annus horribilis for the national book awards, in which decisions in four categories were split. Golda meir and the nation of israel by francine klagsbrun. Now in their 65th year, the national jewish book awards are north americas longestrunning awards program in the field of jewish literature. The folks at the jewish book council just announced the winners of the national jewish book awards.
Click on the award name or winner name to get list of all awards winners. Scenes from the cultural history of the jews of russia in the. Foik award for best book on catholic history in the american southwest, given by the texas catholic historical society. The fanny goldstein merit award, named for the librarian, social activist and founder of national jewish book month, is bestowed in recognition of loyal and ongoing contributions to the association and to the profession of jewish librarianship. Dennis ross among national jewish book awards winners the. Your contribution helps keep the jewish week a vital source of news, opinion and culture into the new decade and beyond. Cohens research centers on the history of jews living in arab lands in the middle ages. Jan 11, 2017 sarah abrevaya stein, ucla professor of history and the maurice amado chair in sephardic studies, is the winner of the 2016 national jewish book award in the category of sephardic culture. A good morning book hebrew edition by sarah gershman. National book foundation, presenter of the national book. Awards finalist, gerrard and ella berman memorial award, the jewish book councils 2009 national jewish book awards for jewish property claims against arab countries 2010 second prize, britishkuwait friendship society book prize for middle eastern studies, brirtish society for middle eastern studies for jewish property claims against. The winners of the 2016 national jewish book awards will be honored on march 7, 2017 at a gala awards dinner and ceremony to be held at the center for jewish history in manhattan.
Religion and mobility in nineteenthcentury america by shari rabin. The awards will be presented to the 2012 winners at the 62 nd annual national jewish book award ceremony which will be held on thursday, march 14, 20 at the center for jewish history, 15 west 16 th street in new york city beginning at 8. Three local authors honored by 2017 national jewish book. The national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since 1948. Winner of the 2010 national jewish book awards, womens studies category, sponsored by the jewish book council. The national book foundation is closely monitoring best health and safety practices associated with covid19 and future programming, including the national book awards ceremony and related events. Author or editor of more than thirty books on american jewish history and life, his american judaism. Jan 14, 2008 congratulations to our friends at the jewish publication society who won four national jewish book awards last week inventing jewish ritual by vanessa ochs, which ive blogged about, was the winner in the category of contemporary jewish life and practice. It would prove to be an excellent source for an overview of jewish history, religion, and culture. The cambridge guide to jewish history, religion, and culture. National jewish book awards to be presented may 20.
These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity, and importance. The epic struggle to save soviet jewry the jewish book of the year today, as it also named winners in 15 other categories for the 2010 national jewish book awards. Winner in the visual arts category was rabbi irvin ungar for arthur szyk. The winners of the 2010 national jewish book awards will be honored on march 9 at a gala awards ceremony to be held at the center for jewish history in manhattan, located at 15 west 16th street. Finalist, 2018 national jewish book award for modern jewish thought and experience, given by the jewish book council shachar m. Jul 6, 2018 find recent winners and finalists of the national jewish book awards in the fvrl catalog see more ideas about books, books to read and my books.
The jewish book council has announced the winners for the 2017 national jewish book awards, the 67th installment in north americas longestrunning awards program in. Association of jewish libraries fanny goldstein merit award. For more information about the jewish book council, sponsors of this award, click here. National jewish book award finalists book awards librarything. Three bay area authors have been recognized in the 2017 national jewish book awards, announced jan. Golda meir and the nation of israel by francine klagsbrun american jewish studies.
And the winners are jewish book council announces awards j. Jewish book council 2017 national jewish book awards. Canadian jewish literary awards 2018 winners the canadian childrens book centre, sept. Similarly, the national book critics circle awards came into being after an infamous annus horribilis for the national book awards, in which decisions in four categories were split. Jan 11, 2017 the winners of the 2016 national jewish book awards will be honored on march 7, 2017 at a gala awards dinner and ceremony to be held at the center for jewish history in manhattan. Dennis ross, a former top us official, and shulem deen, who wrote about leaving the hasidic world, were among the winners of 2015 national jewish book awards. Congratulations to our friends at the jewish publication society who won four national jewish book awards last week inventing jewish ritual by vanessa ochs, which ive blogged about, was the winner in the category of contemporary jewish life and practice the power of song and other sephardic tales by rita roth was the winner in the category of jewish family literature. The helen and stan vine canadian jewish book awards were a canadian program of literary awards, managed, produced and presented annually by the koffler centre of the arts to works judged to be the years best works of literature by jewish canadian writers or on jewish cultural and historical topics. The jewish book council announced the 2010 national jewish book award winners today. The awards were founded in 1950 by the american book publishers council, american booksellers association, and book manufacturers institute. Here are the winners in the childrens and young adult literature categories. Pauline wengeroff, the only nineteenthcentury russian jewish woman to publish a memoir, sets out to illuminate the cultural history of the jews of russia in the period of jewish. The mission of the national book foundation is to celebrate the best literature in america, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in american culture.
Seven authors of books of jewish interest published during 1972 have been declared winners of awards to be presented by the jewish book council of the national jewish welfare board jwb at its. Selected honors and awards baskin served as president of the association for jewish studies from 2004 through 2006, and is listed as an honorary director of. National jewish book award 2008 check all the winners of 2008 national jewish book award. Jan 14, 2016 2015 national jewish book awards announced now in their 65th year, the national jewish book awards are north americas longestrunning awards program in the field of jewish literature.
Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to childrens literature. Honorable mention, 20142015 laurence wylie prize in french cultural studies, department of french at new york university. Born on may 15, 1895 some sources say 1888, fanny goldstein devoted her life to books and community. Frank award in memory of becky levy is given to the winner of this category by the jewish book council, which announced winners in more than 18. Ayala fader winner of the 2009 new york city book award, new york society library winner of the 2009 national jewish book award in womens studies highly commended 2010 clifford geertz prize in the anthropology of religion, society for the anthropology of religion see more.
Partisans, poets, and the race to save jewish treasures from the nazis. Revenge, retribution, and reconciliation in europe and israel after the holocaust 2015 2015 national jewish book awards finalist meridith ridl the lake michigan mermaid. Second prize, britishkuwait friendship society book prize for middle eastern studies, brirtish society for middle eastern studies for jewish property claims against arab countries 2009. Jan 28, 20 on the day of the national book awards ceremony the judges meet to select the national book award winners. Formations of the feminine in rabbinic literature and pharaohs counselors. A book written by a non jewish author is eligible if it has jewish content. The awards were established in 1950 to recognize outstanding jewish literature. National jewish book award awardwinning book lists research. Cohen awarded prize for promoting interfaith understanding. A book cannot be considered for an awards category merely because its author is jewish. The national jewish book award for childrens literature is given annually for the best. A history recently published in a second edition won six awards including the 2004 everett jewish book of the year award from the jewish book council.
Frank award in memory of becky levy is given to the winner of this category by the jewish book council, which announced winners in more than 18 categories on jan. Inform authors of submitted books that, if selected as finalists, they must be present at the national book awards ceremony and at related events in. Deception and survival in the holocaust by robert melson, autobiographymemoir, 2000. The helen and stan vine canadian jewish book awards were a canadian program of literary awards, managed, produced and presented annually by the koffler centre of the arts to works judged to be the years best works of literature by jewish canadian writers or on jewish cultural and historical topics in december 2014, the koffler centre of the arts announced that the awards were being put on. Book awards in order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the american academy of religion offers awards for excellence. List of winners of the national jewish book award wikipedia. The awards, presented by category, the national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since 1948. The awards, presented by category, the national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since. Knight professor of humanities, is associate dean for humanities in the college of arts and sciences.
How cafes created modern jewish culture winner, 2018 paul j. National book awards, annual awards given to books of the highest quality written by americans and published by american publishers. Finalist, gerrard and ella berman memorial award, the jewish book councils 2009 national jewish book awards for jewish property claims against arab countries 2010. The sweep of history and detail is very impressive. A book written by a nonjewish author is eligible if it has jewish content. National jewish book award book awards librarything. For more information about the award system, visit their webpage. The national jewish book awards have been presented annually since 1948 to authors of books of exceptional merit in a variety of judaic subjects. In spite of certain reservations, the cambridge guide to jewish history, religion, and culture is one fine work in so many ways. Gal beckerman and cynthia ozick among the 2010 national. Sarah abrevaya stein, ucla professor of history and the maurice amado chair in sephardic studies, is the winner of the 2016 national jewish book award in the category of sephardic culture. Reb zalman wins national jewish book award for davening. See more ideas about books, award winner and jewish history. Soldier in art published by d giles limited, london, in association with historicana and the arthur szyk society ungar, of burlingame, is the leading dealer of and expert on the work of the polishborn jewish.