This is a list of the winners of the National Jewish Book Award by category. The awards were established in 1950 to recognize outstanding Jewish Literature.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] They are awarded by the Jewish Book Council , a New-York based non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of Jewish literature since 1944.[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
American Jewish History [ edit ] The awards in the American Jewish History category, Celebrate 350, are presented to authors or editors of non-fiction books about the Jewish experience in North America .[ 7]
Title Author Year References The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Jerome Karabel 2005 [ 7] Emma Lazarus Esther Schor 2006 Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972 Edward K. Kaplan 2007 Exiles on Main Street: Jewish American Writers and American Literary Culture Julian Levinson 2008 We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945-1962 Hasia R. Diner 2009 [ 7] [ 8] The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson Samuel Heilman 2010 [ 7] The Benderly Boys and American Jewish Education Jonathan B. Krasner 2011 Messianism, secrecy and mysticism : a new interpretation of early American Jewish life Laura Arnold Leibman 2012 FDR and the Jews Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman 2013 [ 7] [ 9] The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire Adam D. Mendelsohn 2014 [ 7] Beyond Sectarianism: The Realignment of American Orthodox Judaism Adam S. Ferziger 2015 Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food Roger Horowitz 2016 Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America Shari Rabin 2017 The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today Jack Wertheimer 2018 [ 7] [ 10] The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism Kenneth D. Wald 2019 [ 7] The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects Laura Arnold Leibman 2020 [ 11] [ 12] A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Nathaniel Deutsch , Michael Casper 2021 [ 13] American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers 2022 [ 14] Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York Deborah Dash Moore 2023 [ 15]
Anthologies and collections [ edit ] The awards in the Anthologies and Collections category are presented to editors of books of essays , biographies , short stories , or other collected works by one or more authors.[ 16]
The National Jewish Book Award in the Anthologies and Collections category was not awarded in 2014, 2017, 2018 and there was only one winner for the 2002-2003 period.
Title Author Year Cultures of the Jews: A New History David Biale 2002 - 2003 [ 16] I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl Judea Pearl 2004 Who We Are: On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer Derek Rubin 2005 Writing a Modern Jewish History: Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 2006 Antisemitism: The Generic Hatred: Essays in Memory of Simon Wiesenthal Michael Fineberg 2007 Rethinking European Jewish History Jeremy Cohen 2009 The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Judith Reesa Baskin 2010 Gender and Jewish History Marion A. Kaplan 2011 Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame Franklin Foer 2012 1929: Mapping the Jewish World Hasia R. Diner 2013 Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl: Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America Alice Nakhimovsky 2015 Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made Jacques Picard 2016 What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew Naomi B. Sokoloff and Nancy E. Berg 2019 [ 16] [ 17]
Autobiography and memoir [ edit ] The awards in the Autobiography and memoir category, the Krauss Family Awards in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg, are presented to authors of a family history, autobiography , personal memoir either of a Jew or family of being significantly related to the Jewish experience.[ 18]
There was no winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the Autobiography and Memoir category for 1987, 1988, 2002 to 2006.[ 18]
The awards in the Biography category, In Memory of Sara Berenson Stone, are presented to authors of a biography that is significantly related to the Jewish experience.[ 52]
There was no winners of the National Jewish Book Award in the Biography category between 1986 and 2018.[ 52]
Biography and autobiography [ edit ] The awards in the Book Club Award category, the Miller Family Awards in Memory of Helen Dunn Weinstein and June Keit Miller, are presented to authors of an outstanding work of fiction or nonfiction that inspires meaningful conversation about Jewish life, identity, practice, or history.[ 64]
Children's and young adults' literature[ edit ] Children's Literature[ edit ] The awards in the Children's Literature category are presented to authors (or editors) and illustrators of a Jewish-themed children book (age 0 to 11 years old).[ 85]
The name the awards were known by changed on several occasions over the years:[ 85]
1952 - 1955: Issac Sigel Memorial Award 1958: Pioneer Women's Hayim Greenberg Memorial Award 1957 - 1967: Issac Sigel Memorial Award 1970 - 1980: Charles and Bertie G. Schwartz Juvenile Award 1981 - 1986: William (Zev) Frank Memorial Award Presented by Ellen and David Scheinfeld 1987 - 1991: Anita and Martin Shapolsky Award 1992: The Once Upon A Time Bookstore Award 1993 - 1994: The Barbara Cohen Memorial Award 1995 - 2019: No specific name for the award in the category There was no National Jewish Book Award for the Children's Literature category in 1956, 1957, 1968, 1969 and for the years 2004 to 2014,
In 1970, there was two winners of the National Jewish Book Award in the Children's Literature category and only one winner for the 2002-2003 period.[ 85]
Children's picture book[ edit ] The awards in the Children's Picture Book category are presented to authors and illustrators. The award was known as the Marcia and Louis Posner Awardfrom 1989 to 1993 and as Louis Posner Memorial Award from 1994 to 2001[ 139]
There were no winners of the National Jewish Book Award in the Children's Picture Book category in 1984, 1995 and 1996.[ 139]
Contemporary Jewish life and practices [ edit ] The awards in the Contemporary Jewish Life and Practices category are presented to authors of a non-fiction book about current tools and resources for Jewish living. The award is known as the Mimi Frank Award In Memory of Becky Levythe in 2002-2003 and as the Myra H. Kraft Memorial Awards since 2011.[ 144]
Contemporary Jewish thought and experience [ edit ] The awards in the Contemporary Jewish thought and experience category, the Maurice Amado Foundation Award, are presented to authors of books about the contemporary Jewish experience.
The awards in the Debut Fiction category, the Goldberg Prizes, are presented to authors for their first published novel or short-story collection with Jewish content. The awards were known as the Foundation for Jewish Culture Goldberg Prize from 2011 to 2014. There was no prizes awarded from 2004 to 2009.[ 175]
Eastern European studies [ edit ] The awards in the Eastern European Studies category, the Ronald S. Lauder Awards, are presented to authors of books about Eastern Europe . There was no winners in this category in 2001, 2003, and 2004.[ 193]
Education and Jewish identity [ edit ] The awards in the Education and Jewish Identity category are presented to authors of nonfiction works, textbooks excluded, that focuses on the theory, history, or practice of Jewish education and identity. There were no winners in this category in 2007, 2009, and 2011. The award is presented In Memory of Dorothy Kripke since 2008[ 202]
Title Author Year Building Jewish Roots: The Israel Experience [ 202] Faydra Shapiro[ 202] 2006 What We Now Know About Jewish Education [ 202] Roberta Louis Goodman[ 202] 2008 Sacred Strategies: Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary [ 202] Isa Aron[ 202] 2010 Development, Learning, and Community: Educating for Identity in Pluralistic Jewish High Schools[ 202] Jeffrey Kress[ 202] 2012 Educating in the divine image : gender issues in Orthodox Jewish day schools [ 202] Chaya Rosenfeld Gorsetman[ 202] 2013 Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli [ 202] Ted Merwin[ 202] 2015 Next generation Judaism: how college students and Hillel can help reinvent Jewish organizations [ 202] Rabbi Mike Uram[ 202] 2016 The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age [ 202] Steven Weitzman[ 202] 2017 The "Talmud": A Biography[ 202] Barry Scott Wimpfheimer [ 202] 2018 Antisemitism: Here and Now [ 2] [ 203] [ 202] Deborah Lipstadt [ 204] [ 203] [ 202] 2019 Hebrew Infusion Sarah Bunin Benor , Jonathan B. Krasner and Sharon Avni 2020 Jewish Cultural Studies Simon J. Bronner 2021 My Second-Favorite Country Sivan Zakai 2022 Israel 201: Your Next-Level Guide to the Magic, Mystery, and Chaos of Life in the Holy Land Joel Chasnoff, Benji Lovitt 2023 [ 15]
The awards in the English Poetry category are presented to the authors of Jewish poetry in English. There were no winners in this category from 1952 to 1958, in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970 and from 1972 to 1976. At its inception, in 1951, the award was known as the Florence Dovner Memorial Poetry Award. From 1959 to 1977, it was known as the Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award.[ 205]
Jewish Book of the Year [ edit ] The award for Jewish Book of the Year, the Everett Family Foundation Award , is presented to authors and editors of Jewish books.[ 207]
The JJ Greenberg Memorial Award, named after a former President of the Jewish Book Council, is awarded to authors of a novel or short-story collection of exemplary literary merit, with Jewish content.[ 247]
Food Writing and Cookbook [ edit ] The awards in the Food Writing and Cookbook category, the Jane and Stuart Weitzman Family Award, are presented to authors of cookbooks or works of food writing that explores Jewish identity, history, and culture.[ 261]
Title Author Year Jewish Cuisine in Hungary. A Cultural History with 83 Authentic Recipes[ 262] [ 2] [ 261] Andras Koerner[ 261] 2019 Now for Something Sweet Monday Morning Cooking Club 2020 Bene Appétit: The Cuisine of Indian Jews Esther David 2021 Cooking alla Giudia: A Celebration of the Jewish Food of Italy Benedetta Jasmine Guetta 2022 Kibbitz and Nosh: When We All Met At Dubrow's Cafeteria Marcia Bricker Halperin 2023 [ 15]
Hebrew Fiction in Translation [ edit ] Title Author Year Love Maayan Eitan 2022[ 263] Operation Bethlehem Yariv Inbar 2023 [ 15]
The awards in the History category, the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award, are presented to authors of non-fiction books concerning Jewish history.[ 264]
Title Author Year Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" [ 265] [ 266] [ 267] [ 264] David Cesarani [ 268] [ 269] [ 270] [ 264] 2006 Churchill's Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft [ 264] Michael Makovsky[ 264] 2007 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War [ 271] [ 272] [ 273] [ 264] Benny Morris [ 264] 2008 Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America [ 274] [ 275] [ 264] Beryl Satter [ 274] [ 264] 2009 Early Modern Jewry: A New Cultural History [ 276] [ 264] David B. Ruderman [ 277] [ 264] 2010 The Anatomy of Israel's Survival [ 264] Hirsh Goodman[ 264] 2011 Israel: A History (The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies) [ 278] [ 279] [ 264] Anita Shapira [ 264] 2012 My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel [ 280] [ 281] [ 282] [ 264] Ari Shavit [ 283] [ 264] 2013 The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe [ 284] [ 285] [ 286] [ 264] Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern [ 287] [ 264] 2014 Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama [ 264] Dennis Ross [ 288] [ 264] 2015 The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel [ 289] [ 290] [ 291] [ 264] Uri Bar-Joseph [ 292] [ 264] 2016 The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew [ 264] Yair Mintzker[ 264] 2017 Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations [ 293] [ 294] [ 264] Ronen Bergman [ 295] [ 264] 2018 The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America [ 296] [ 297] [ 298] [ 264] Daniel Okrent [ 299] [ 264] 2019 The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects Laura Arnold Leibman 2020 The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America Daniel Okrent 2021 An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland Kenneth B. Moss 2022 Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance Jeremy Eichler 2023 [ 15]
Title Author Year Analytical Franco-Jewish Gazetteer, 1939-1945 Zosa Szajkowski 1966 And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight: The Eichmann Trial, Jewish Catastrophe, and Hannah Ahrendt's Narrorative Jacob Robinson 1968 The Holocaust: the Destruction of European Jewry, 1933-1945 Nora Levin 1969 The Story of the Jewish Catastrophe in Europe. Experimental Edition 1967. Judah Pilch 1969 Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre, (Fun Yiddishin Theater) YIDDISH ONLY Volume V Only Zalme Zylberzweig 1970 The Politics of Rescue: The Roosevelt Administration & the Holocaust 1938-1945 Henry L. Feingold 1972 Judenrat : the Jewish Councils in Eastern Europe Under Nazi Occupation Isaiah Trunk 1975 Jerusalem of Lithuania: illustrated and documeted Leyzer Ran 1976 The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps Terrence Des Pres 1978 Deliverance Day: The Last Hours at Dachau Michael Selzer 1979 Less Than Slaves: Jewish Forced Labor and the Quest for Compensation Benjamin B. Ferencz 1980 The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary Randolph L. Braham 1981 Vichy France and the Jews Michael R. Marrus 1982 None is too many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948 Irving M. Abella 1983 Quality of Witness: A Romanian Diary, 1937-1944 Emil Dorian 1984 The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 David S. Wyman 1985 The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide Robert Jay Lifton 1987 The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue, and Survival Susan Zuccotti 1988 Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War Christopher Simpson 1989 A Cup of Tears: A Diary of the Warsaw Ghetto Abraham Lewin 1990 The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945 Leni Yahil 1991 Women in the Holocaust Dalia Ofer 1992 The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning James E. Young 1993 Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Christopher R. Browning 1994 We Are Children Just the Same: Vedem , the Secret Magazine by the Boys of Terezin Paul R. Wilson (translator) 1995 Auschwitz Deborah Dwork 1996 The Years of Persecution: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1939 [ 300] [ 301] Saul Friedländer 1997 Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany Marion A. Kaplan 1998 Reading the Holocaust Inga Clendinnen 1999 Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945 Evan Burr Bukey 2000 Resilience and Courage: Women, Men and the Holocaust Nechama Tec 2002-2003 The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942 Christopher R. Browning 2004 History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier Deborah E. Lipstadt 2005 The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust Jeffrey Herf 2006 Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State Götz Aly 2007 The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews Patrick Desbois 2008 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume 1, Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA) (A & B) Geoffrey P. Megargee 2009 Remembering Survival. Inside a Nazi Slave-labor Camp Christopher R. Browning 2010 Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice Gerald Steinacher 2011 Collect and Record!: Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe (Oxford Series on History and Archives) Laura Jockusch 2012 The Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Hungary Randolph L. Braham 2013 Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust--Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour [ 301] [ 302] James A. Grymes 2014 The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne Anna Bikont 2015 Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World [ 303] Michael Bazyler 2016 The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis [ 304] [ 301] David E. Fishman 2017 Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Omer Bartov 2018 The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between Michael Dobbs 2019 The Unanswered Letter: One Holocaust Family’s Desperate Plea for Help Faris Cassell 2020 The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed Wendy Lower 2021 The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Jonathan Freedland 2022 Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance Jeremy Eichler 2023 [ 15]
Holocaust Memoir Award [ edit ] Title Author Year One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World Michael Frank [ 305] 2022 The Ghost Tattoo Tony Bernard 2023 [ 15]
This award seeks to recognize individuals employed in traditional publishing or working independently as editors, agents, publicists, publishers, literary critics and have exhibited substantial engagement with Jewish authors.
Middle Grade Literature [ edit ] Title Author Year The Blackbird Girls Anne Blankman[ 231] 2020 Linked Gordon Korman 2021 The Prince of Steel Pier Stacy Nockowitz 2022 The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman Mari Lowe 2023 [ 15]
Illustrated children's book[ edit ] The awards in the Illustrated Children's Book category, the Louis Posner Memorial Awards, are presented jointly to authors and illustrators of Jewish illustrated children's book.[ 306]
Title Author Year The Question of Palestine: British-Jewish-Arab Relations 1914-1918 Isaiah Friedman 1974 The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc, 1947-53 Arnold Krammer 1975 American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust Melvin I. Urofsky 1976 A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time Howard Sachar [ 330] 1977 Letters to an American Jewish friend: A Zionist's polemic Hillel Halkin 1978 Raquela: A Woman of Israel Ruth Gruber 1979 The Habima, Israel's National Theater, 1917-1977: A Study of Cultural Nationalism Emanuel Levy[ 331] 1980 Egypt and Israel Howard Sachar [ 330] 1982 Among Lions: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Battle for Jerusalem J. Robert Moskin 1983 Israel in the Mind of America Peter Grose 1984 From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine Joan Peters 1985 The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict: Making America's Middle East Policy, from Truman to Reagan Steven L. Spiegel 1986 A Walker in Jerusalem Samuel C. Heilman 1987 Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 1886-1948 Shabtai Teveth 1988 Stealing Home: Israel Bound and Rebound Haim Chertok 1989 A Mandate for Terror: The United Nations and the Plo Harris Okun Schoenberg 1990 The Vatican and Zionism: Conflict in the Holy Land, 1895-1925 Sergio I. Minerbi 1991 The Road Not Taken: Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations Itamar Rabinovich 1992 Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881-1948 Anita Shapira 1993 Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha'am and the Origins of Zionism Steven J. Zipperstein 1994 Beyond The Promised Land: Jews And Arabs On The Hard Road To A New Israel Glenn Frankel 1995 The Controversy of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma Geoffrey Wheatcroft 1996 Rubber Bullets: Power and Conscience in Modern Israel Yaron Ezrahi 1997 Israel's Place in the Middle East: A Pluralist Perspective Nissim Rejwan 1998 The Multiple Identities of the Middle East Bernard Lewis 1999 One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate Tom Segev 2000
The awards in the Jewish Education category, the Leon Jolson Awards, are presented to authors of books on the subject.[ 332]
Title Author Year Studies in Jewish Education, volume 5 Educational Issues and Classical Jewish Texts [ 332] Howard Deitcher and Abraham J. Tannenbaum[ 332] 1994 Succeeding at Jewish Education: How One Synagogue Made It Work [ 332] Joseph B. Reimer [ 333] [ 332] 1997 First Fruit: A Whizin Anthology of Jewish Family Education [ 332] Ronald Wolfson[ 332] 1998 Transmission and Transformation: A Jewish Perspective on Moral Education [ 332] Carol K. Ingall[ 332] 1999 Reclaiming Goodness [ 332] Hanan Alexander[ 332] 2001 Textual Knowledge: Teaching the Bible in Theory and in Practice [ 332] Barry W. Holtz[ 332] 2004
Jewish family literature [ edit ] The awards in the Jewish Family Literature category, In Memory of Dorothy Kripke , are presented to authors of books on the subject.[ 334]
Title Author Year A Box of Candles [ 335] [ 334] Laurie A. Jacobs[ 334] 2005 Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women [ 336] [ 334] Deborah Bodin Cohen[ 337] [ 334] 2006 Power of Song: And Other Sephardic Tales [ 334] Rita Roth[ 334] 2007 Genesis-The Book With Seventy Faces: A Guide for the Family[ 334] Esther Takac[ 334] 2008 Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Spring and Summer Holidays: Passover, Shavuot, The Omer, Tisha B'Av [ 334] Rabbi Paul Steinberg[ 338] [ 334] 2009
Jewish folklore and anthropology [ edit ] The awards in the Jewish folklore and anthropology category, the Raphael Patai Award, are presented to authors and editors of books on the subject.[ 339]
Title Author Year The Promised City: New York's Jews, 1870-1914, Revised edition Moses Rischin 1963 A Jewish Princedom in Feudal France, 768-900 Arthur J. Zuckerman 1973 The Jews of Poland: A Social and Economic History of the Jewish Community in Poland from 1100 to 1800 Bernard D. Weinryb 1974 The myth of the Jewish Race Raphael Patai 1976 World of Our Fathers Irving Howe 1977 On the edge of destruction : Jews of Poland between the two World Wars Celia Stopnicka Heller 1978 The Jews of Georgian England, 1714-1830: Tradition and Change in a Liberal Society Todd M. Endelman 1980 Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of Head of the Jews, Ca. 1065–1126 Mark R. Cohen 1981 The World of a Renaissance Jew: The Life and Thought of Abraham Ben Mordecai Farissol David B. Ruderman 1982 Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi 1983 Tsar Nicholas I and the Jews: The transformation of Jewish society in Russia, 1825-1855 Michael Stanislawski 1984 Encounter with Emancipation: The German Jews in the United States, 1830-1914 Naomi Wiener Cohen 1985 Religious conflict in social context : the resurgence of Orthodox Judaism in Frankfurt am Main, 1838-1877 Robert Liberles 1986 Power & Powerlessness in Jewish History David Biale 1987 European Jewry and the First Crusade Robert Chazan 1988 Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism Michael A. Meyer 1989 The Road to Modern Jewish Politics: Political Tradition and Political Reconstruction in the Jewish Community of Tsarist Russia Eli Lederhendler 1990 The Pursuit of Heresy: Rabbi Moses Hagiz and the Sabbatian Controversies Elisheva Carlebach Jofen 1991 The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women, Family, and Identity in Imperial Germany Marion A. Kaplan 1992 Jews in Christian America: The Pursuit of Religious Equality Naomi W. Cohen 1993 Antisemitism in America Leonard Dinnerstein 1994 The Wonders of America: Reinventing Jewish Culture 1880-1950 Jenna Weissman Joselit 1995 Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov Moshe Rosman 1996 German-Jewish History in Modern Times, volume 4: Renewal and Destruction, 1918–1945 Michael A. Meyer 1997 Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam (The Modern Jewish Experience) Miriam Bodian 1998 Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 [exhibition] Emily D. Bilski 1999 Constantine's Sword James Carroll 2002 Irving Howe: A Life of Passionate Dissent Gerald Sorin 2002-2003 And the Dead Shall Rise Steve Oney 2004 Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 Mark Mazower 2005
Title Author Year Philo : foundations of religious philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Harry Austryn Wolfson 1949 The Jews in medieval Germany;: A study of their legal and social status Guido Kisch 1950 Judaism; profile of a faith Ben Zion Bokser 1964 Ancient Jewish Philosophy Israel Efros 1965 The higher freedom; a new turning point in Jewish history David Polish 1966 Understanding Genesis Nahum M. Sarna 1967 The Origins of the Modern Jew: Jewish Identity and European Culture in Germany, 1749-1824 Michael A. Meyer 1968 Quest for Past and Future: Essays in Jewish Theology Emil L. Fackenheim 1969 Israel: an echo of eternity Abraham Joshua Heschel 1970 The religion of ethical nationhood; Judaism's contribution to world peace Mordecai Menahem Kaplan 1971 Jewish Worship Abraham E. Millgram 1972 Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters Elie Wiesel 1973 Two living traditions;: Essays on religion and the Bible Samuel Sandmel 1973 The Mask Jews Wear: The Self-Deceptions of American Jewry Eugene B. Borowitz 1974 Major Themes in Modern Philosophies of Judaism Eliezer Berkovits 1975 Contemporary Reform responsa Solomon Bennett Freehof 1976 Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest David Hartman 1977 The Jewish Mind Raphael Patai 1978 Love and Sex: A Modern Jewish Perspective Robert Gordis 1979 Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History David Biale 1980 Introduction to the Code of Maimonides Isadore Twersky 1981 The Art of Biblical Narrative Robert Alter 1982 Hispano-Jewish Culture in Transition: The Career and Controversies of Ramah Bernard Septimus 1983 Post-Holocaust Dialogues: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish Thought Steven T. Katz 1984 Halakhic Man Joseph B. Soloveitchik 1985 A Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism David Hartman 1986 Galut: Modern Jewish Reflection on Homelessness and Homecoming Arnold M. Eisen 1987 The Orphaned Adult : Confronting the Death of a Parent Marc D. Angel 1988 Commandments and Concerns Michael Rosenak 1989 Jewish Preaching, 1200-1800: An Anthology Marc Saperstein 1990 Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew Neil Gillman 1991 Freud's Moses: Judaism Terminable and Interminable Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi 1992 Women as Ritual Experts Susan Starr Sered 1993 The Kiss of God: Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism [ 342] Michael Fishbane [ 342] 1994 Moses and Civilization: The Meaning Behind Freud`s Myth Robert A. Paul 1996 Stalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Jewish Mystical Masters Rodger Kamenetz 1997 Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics [ 343] Rachel Adler [ 343] 1998 Religious Thought of Hasidism: Text and Commentary Norman Lamm 1999 A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion Rabbi Jonathan Sacks [ 344] [ 345] 2000 When a Jew Dies: The Ethnography of a Bereaved Son Samuel C. Heilman 2001
Jewish-Christian relations [ edit ] The awards in the Jewish-Christian Relations category, the Charles H. Revson Foundation Awards, are presented to authors of books on the subject.[ 346]
Modern Jewish thought and experience [ edit ] Title Author Year The Zohar: Pritzker Edition volume 1 Daniel C. Matt [ 356] 2004 The Rabbi's Wife: The Rebbetzin in American Jewish Life Shuly Rubin Schwartz 2006 My People's Prayer Book Series Lawrence A. Hoffman 2007 Emil L. Fackenheim: A Jewish Philosopher's Response to the Holocaust (Philosophy) David Patterson 2008 Genesis: The Book of Beginnings Jonathan Sacks [ 344] [ 345] 2009 The Koren Mesorat Harav Kinot Joseph B. Soloveitchik 2010 The Choice To Be: A Jewish Path to Self and Spirituality Jeremy Kagan 2011 Koren Talmud Bavli, Vol. 1:Tractate Berakhot, Hebrew/English, Standard (Color) (English and Hebrew Edition) Adin Even Israel Steinsaltz, Rabbi 2012 The Koren Pesah Mahzor = [Mahzor Koren le-Fesah] [ 357] Jonathan Sacks [ 344] [ 345] 2013 After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses To Modernity David Harry Ellenson 2005 Ani Tefilla Weekday Siddur: Ashkenaz(Hebrew/English Edition) Jay Goldmintz 2014 Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence Jonathan Sacks [ 344] [ 345] 2015 Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition Alan L. Mittleman 2018 Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets Elissa Bemporad 2019 Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times Jonathan Sacks 2020 Torah in a Time of Plague: Historical and Contemporary Jewish Responses Erin Leib Smokler (Editor) 2021 Figuring Jerusalem: Politics and Poetics in the Sacred Center Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi 2022 The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19 Jeremy Brown 2023 [ 15]
The awards in the Poetry category, the Berru Award in Memory of Ruth and Bernie Weinflash, are presented to authors of books of verse consisting primarily of poems of Jewish concern.[ 371]
Title Author Year The Friars and the Jews: Evolution of Medieval Anti-Judaism Jeremy Cohen 1983 A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, Vol. IV: Daily Life Shelomo Dov Goitein 1984 The Wars of the Lord - volume one Levi ben Gershom 1985 Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel Michael Fishbane 1986 Sifre: A Tannaitic Commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy Reuven Hammer 1987 Medieval Jewish Seals from Europe Daniel M. Friedenberg 1988 Kabbalah: New Perspectives Moshe Idel 1989 "Be Fertile and Increase, Fill the Earth and Master It": The Ancient and Medieval Career of a Biblical Text Jeremy Cohen 1990 History, Religion, and Antisemitism (Centennial Book) Gavin I. Langmuir 1991 From tradition to commentary : Torah and its interpretation in the Midrash Sifre to Deuteronomy Steven D. Fraade 1992 Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages Ephraim Kanarfogel 1993 Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles Menachem Elon 1994 Through a Speculum That Shines Elliot R. Wolfson 1995 Your Voice Like a Ram's Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching Marc Saperstein 1996 Revelation Restored: Divine Writ and Critical Responses David Weiss Halivni 1997 Entering the High Holy Days: A Guide to Origins, Themes, and Prayers Reuven Hammer 1998 Living Letters of the Law: Ideas of the Jew in Medieval Christianity Jeremy Cohen 1999 The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey through Language and Culture Ruth R. Wisse [ 395] [ 396] [ 397] 2000 Imperialism and Jewish Society: 200 B.C.E. to 640 C.E. Seth Schwartz [ 398] 2001 The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies Martin Goodman 2002-2003 The Jewish study Bible : featuring the Jewish Publication Society Tanakh translation Adele Berlin 2004 Language, Eros, Being: Kabbalistic Hermeneutics and Poetic Imagination Elliot R. Wolfson 2005 Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life [ 399] Jon D. Levenson [ 399] 2006 Ben: sonship and Jewish mysticism Moshe Idel 2007 The Kuzari and the Shaping of Jewish Identity, 1167-1900 Adam Shear 2008 Subversive Sequels in the Bible Judy Klitsner 2009 From Continuity to Contiguity: Toward a New Jewish Literary Thinking (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C) Dan Miron 2010 Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures Talya Fishman 2011 The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 Maristella Botticini 2012 Maimonides: Life and Thought Moshe Halbertal [ 400] 2013 Outside the Bible, 3-Volume Set: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture Louis H. Feldman , James L. Kugel [ 401] and Lawrence H. Schiffman [ 402] 2014 What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives Christine Hayes 2015 Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response 1391 – 1392 Benjamin R. Gampel 2016 Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion) Dov Weiss 2017 Historical Atlas of Hasidism Marcin Wodziński 2018 Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic Eric Lawee 2019 Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism Sarit Kattan Gribetz 2020 Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome’s Challenge to Israel Katell Berthelot 2021 The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth Jay Michaelson 2022 Fractured Tablets: Forgetfulness and Fallibility in Late Ancient Rabbinic Culture Mira Balberg 2023 [ 15]
Sephardic and Ashkenazic culture and customs [ edit ] The awards in the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Culture and Customs from 1997 to 2000, the Mimi Frank Award In Memory of Becky Levy, and in 2001, the Maurice Amado Foundation Award are presented to authors of books on the subjects.[ 403]
The awards in the Sephardic Culture category, the Mimi Frank Award In Memory of Becky Levy, are presented to authors and editors of books that explore the traditions and practices unique to Sephardic Jews.[ 417]
The awards in the Sephardic Studies category, the Maurice Amado Foundation Awards, were presented to authors and translators of sephardic studies books from 1992 to 2000. In 2001, the award's name changed to the Jewish Book Council Award.[ 439]
Title Author Year Purim: The Face and the Mask Yeshiva University Museum 1981 Art of the Holocaust Janet Blatter 1982 Israel in Antiquity: From David to Herod Andrew S. Ackerman 1983 A Vanished World Roman Vishniac [ 455] [ 456] [ 457] 1984 The Rothschild Mahzor - Florence, 1492 Evelyn M. Cohen 1985 Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning Carol Herselle Krinsky 1986 Jewish Folk Art: From Biblical Days to Modern Times Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson 1987 The Jewish Image in American Film Lester D. Friedman 1988 A Sign and a Witness: 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts Leonard Singer Gold 1989 The Jews in America David Cohen 1990 Ketubbah: Jewish Marriage Contracts of the Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum and Klau Library Shalom Sabar 1991 Painting a place in America : Jewish artists in New York, 1900-1945 : a tribute to the Educational Alliance Art School Norman L. Kleeblatt 1992 The Jews - A Treasury of Art and Literature Sharon R. Keller 1993 Jewish Papercuts: A History and Guide Joseph Shadur 1994 Jewish Art Grace Cohen Grossman 1995 And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World Neil Folberg [ 458] 1996 Judaica at the Smithsonian : Cultural Politics as Cultural Model Grace Cohen Grossman 1997 Diaspora: Homelands in Exile (2 Volume Set) Frederic Brenner [ 459] [ 460] 2004 Jewish Women and Their Salons: The Power of Conversation (Jewish Museum) Emily D. Bilski 2005 Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel, Jewish Carving Traditions Murray Zimiles 2007 Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 Norman L. Kleeblatt 2009 Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention (Jewish Museum) Mason Klein 2011 Kabbalah in Art and Architecture Alexander Gorlin 2013 Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts Marc Michael Epstein 2015 Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art Irvin Ungar 2017 Edith Halpert, The Downtown Gallery, and the Rise of American Art Rebecca Shaykin 2019 Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation Liana Finck 2022
Title Author Year Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia [2-volume set] Paula E. Hyman [ 461] 1998 Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel Susan Martha Kahn 2000 Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories Tikva Frymer-Kensky [ 462] 2002 Gender and Israeli Society: Women's Time (Journal of Israeli History) Hannah Naveh 2004 The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt Ruth Andrew Ellenson 2005 Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism Shaye J. D. Cohen 2006 Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation Tova Hartman 2007 A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book [ 463] Aliza Lavie [ 463] 2008 Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn Ayala Fader 2009 Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, Volume One Pauline Wengeroff [ 464] and Shulamit S. Magnus 2010 The JPS Bible Commentary: Ruth Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Tikva Frymer-Kensky 2011 The Men's Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World Elana Maryles Sztokman 2012 Ballots, babies, and banners of peace : American Jewish women's activism, 1890-1940 Melissa R. Klapper 2013 A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987 Kathryn Hellerstein 2014 Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule Beverley Chalmers 2015 The sacred calling : four decades of women in the rabbinate Rebecca Einstein Schorr 2016 Never a native Alice Shalvi [ 465] 2018 Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement Naomi Seidman 2019 The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects Laura Arnold Leibman 2020 The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos Judy Battalion 2021 Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages Elisheva Baumgarten 2022 Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust Robin Judd 2023 [ 15]
Writing based on archival material [ edit ] Title Author Year Robbing the Jews: The Confiscation of Jewish Property in the Holocaust, 1933-1945 Martin C. Dean 2008 The Holocaust in the Soviet Union Yitzhak Arad 2009 The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Jonathan Schneer 2010 Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams Charles King 2011 The History of the Holocaust in Romania Jean Ancel 2012 Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk Elissa Bemporad 2013 Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era Julia Phillips Cohen 2014 The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France Ethan B. Katz 2015 Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece Devin E. Naar 2016 Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817 – 1906 Ellie R. Schainker 2017 Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe Rebecca Erbelding 2018 A Mortuary of Books: The Rescue of Jewish Culture after the Holocaust Elisabeth Gallas, Alex Skinner (trans.) 2019 Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth Magda Teter 2020 International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War Jaclyn Granick 2021 A “Jewish Marshall Plan” The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France Laura Hobson Faure 2022 Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust Robin Judd 2023 [ 15]
Yiddish language and culture [ edit ] Title Author Year Poyln: Jewish Life in the Old Country Marek Web and Alter Kacyzne 1999 The Moscow State Yiddish Theater: Jewish Culture on the Soviet Stage Jeffrey Veidlinger 2000 Yiddish: A Nation of Words Miriam Weinstein 2001
Title Author Year Tsṿishn shmeykhl un ṭrer Peretz Miransky 1980 Pathways in Yiddish Literature Hyman Bass 1981 Never Say Die: A Thousand Years of Yiddish in Jewish Life and Letters Joshua A. Fisherman 1982 Kanader Tidisher Zamlbukh Chaim Spilberg and Yaacov Zippe 1983 Tsu Di Himlen Arof Chaim Leib Fox 1984 Fun Ash Un Fayer Iz Dayn Kroyn Shea Tenebaum 1985
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