Comprised of four institutions of higher jewish learning. Given annually since 1948, the awards are designed to recognize outstanding. Jewish book world reached over 5,000 readers with a specific interest in jewish books, including library professionals, book festival coordinators, book group members, academicians, and lay leaders. Apr 27, 2019 consumers control the marketplace by deciding where to spend their money. 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. Honors and awards fordham university faculty research grant, 201415. List of winners of the national jewish book award wikipedia. Previous winners national jewish book awards, national. Jewish book world was a quarterly magazine published by the jewish book council from 1982 to 2015. 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. Since 1950, the jewish book council has presented awards to authors with the goal of selecting quality books that will appeal to a broad reading audience. A book cannot be considered for an awards category merely because its author is jewish.
Press, 2019, which was a finalist for the national jewish book award. For more contextual information, for instance about western imperialism, the islamic world, or the history of a given period, check out these web sites. Join shachar pinsker university of michigan on april 19th, 2. 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. 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. Awards are presented in over eighteen categories, and the winning authors are celebrated at an annual gala in the year following the publication of the books under consideration. The award is known as the mimi frank award in memory of becky levythe in 20022003 and as the myra h. Koren sacks rosh hashana mahzor hebrewenglish with comentary by rabbi jonathan sacks by jonathan sacks. It was devoted to the promotion of books of jewish interest. The jewish book council announced the 2010 national jewish book award winners today. 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. For more information about the jewish book council, sponsors of this award, click here. Mitchell authors award, june 2011, by the international association for relational psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Past award winners northeast modern language association.
The association for canadian jewish studies acjs is pleased to announce magdalene klassen as the recipient of the 2018 marcia koven award for best student paper presented at the 2018 acjs conference, held at the mccord museum and concordia university in montreal on may 1214, 2018. Book awardsessay awardssummer research fellowshipsuniversity at buffalo. These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity, and importance. The role of the present in the production and politics of history. Sarna received the association for the social scientific study of jewry s marshall sklare award in 2002. They intend to create a campus complex devoted to the furtherance of jewish scholarship in the heart of new york city. Canadian jewish literary awards 2018 winners the canadian childrens book centre, sept. 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. Curriculum vitae merold westphal address education fordham. A book written by a non jewish author is eligible if it has jewish content. See more ideas about jewish books, book awards, jewish. Members receive valuable benefits including special discounts, literary gifts, and exclusive content, while helping jbc to support and celebrate jewish literature. The book award committee gives prizes in the following categories. For 2018, click on the following links to learn who won for their 2017 books.
National jewish book award winnersfiction, winners by. National jewish book award in scholarship category for the jewish study bible 2004. The jewish theological seminary jts is pleased to announce that the jewish book council has chosen several members of the jts community as 2016 national jewish book awards winners and finalists. Jts professors and alumni selected for 2016 national jewish. And the winners of the 69th national jewish book awards. The book won a number of awards, including the national jewish book award for 2004 and the publishers weekly best religion book 2004 award. Jews and sacrilege after the reformation harvard, 2011, and. We hope youll join us as we venture into the world of jewish books, exploring questions related to what makes a book jewish, trends in the jewish literary scene, interesting new books to come across our desk, emerging authors, interviews, and more. Magda teter was recently appointed the 20202021 national endowment for the humanities senior fellow at the center for jewish history, and she will be working on her current research project, the dissemination and uses of the jewish past. This series of four events, jointly organized by columbia university, fordham university, and the yivo institute for jewish research, will explore the complex history of poland and its shifting borders, focusing on the sharedbut much misunderstoodpast of polish jews and christians. The national jewish book awards were announced this month. Golda meir and the nation of israel by francine klagsbrun. American association for italian studies book prize.
Today, the jewish book council revealed the winners of the 2019 national jewish book awards, which span 24 categories. National jewish book award for scholarship national jewish. And the award goes to2018 national jewish book awards and. Finalistscholarship, national jewish book awards, 2015. 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. Winners include bari weiss, whose book how to fight antisemitism was written in the aftermath of the 2018 attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh. 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. 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. Highlights from the braginsky collection of hebrew manuscripts and printed books by evelyn m. Here are the winners in the childrens and young adult literature categories. Jan 10, 2018 january is the month the jewish book council and the association of jewish libraries announce the results of months of reading and committee deliberations of the previous years publications. The awards ceremony will take place april 26th at the.
Internationallyjuried award for best original paper by a psychoanalyst out of training for 5 years or less. First novel prize, the national book critics circle award, the. The jewish book council began the national jewish book awards 55 years ago, and this years 19 awards are the largest number ever distributed. Check the winners of national jewish book award for scholarship presented under national jewish book award since 1983. 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. If what a bookstore offers matters to you, then shop at a bookstore. Dani shapiro for her bestselling memoir inheritance. Hayyim lapin and maxine grossman, eds, 2011 forthcoming.
Fordham awards baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degrees to approximately 16,000 students from fordham college at rose hill, fordham college at lincoln center, the gabelli school of business undergraduate and graduate, the school of professional and continuing studies, the graduate schools of arts and sciences, education, religion and. 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. The national jewish book awards have been presented annually since 1948 to authors of books of exceptional merit in a variety of judaic subjects. The national jewish book award was established by the jewish book council in 1950 to recognize outstanding works of jewish literature. And the winners are jewish book council announces awards j. Herman received his phd in 2016 from the university of pennsylvania, where he wrote his dissertation on rabbinic jurisprudence in the medieval islamic world. 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. 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. Nathan bedford forrest history book award, sons of confederate soldiers, tennessee division, 2011. Marc herman as the first joint rabinshvidler postdoctoral fellow in jewish studies at fordham and columbia. The awards were known as the foundation for jewish culture goldberg prize from 2011 to 2014. National jewish book award finalists book awards librarything. The winners of national jewish book award for biography, autobiography and memoir are carole kessner 2008, gyorgy konrad 2007, daniel mendelsohn 2006 and more.
Jewish book council 2017 national jewish book awards. The networks of roman allied monarchies during the first century ce. The national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since 1948. Jewish 76,1,1,0 internet history sourcebooks project. Teter is the author of jews and heretics in catholic poland cambridge, 2005, sinners on trial harvard, 2011, and two edited volumes, as well as numerous articles in english, italian, polish, and hebrew. Stories of power and creation by jewishamerican women.
Paul halsall this page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online sourcebooks listed below, along with added texts and web site indicators. National jewish book awards to be presented may 20 jewish. National jewish book award book awards librarything. Your contribution helps keep the jewish week a vital source of news, opinion and culture into the new decade and beyond. Check the winners of national jewish book award for biography, autobiography and memoir presented under national jewish book award since 1989. 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.
Her work has been supported by the cullman center for scholars and writers at. The awards are intended to recognize authors, and encourage reading, of outstanding englishlanguage books of jewish interest. The winners of national jewish book award for scholarship are adam shear 2008, moshe idel 2007, jon d. Marc brettler is a scholar of the hebrew bibleold testament with a strong interest in the meaning of the bible in its original. If you feel that the experience of reading a book is valuable, then read the book. For more information about the award system, visit their webpage. Past notable winners include chaim grade, deborah lipstadt, bernard malamud, michael oren, chaim potok, philip roth, elie wiesel, jonathan safran foer. 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.