The awards, in 20 categories, are selected by the new york citybased jewish book council board of d irectors. Awards were given in 19 categories and will be presented march 9 at the center for jewish history in new york. Centre for jewish studies at york university 2019 canadian jewish literary award. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at jewish book council. Council of editors of learned journals celj awards award category. Jewish book world was a quarterly magazine published by the jewish book council from 1982 to 2015. Manitoba book awards 2020 alexander kennedy isbister award for nonfiction. Other winners include poet stanley moss, who was awarded the jewish book councils inaugural berru award for his collection almost complete. Book club award, the miller family award in memory of helen dunn. List of winners of the national jewish book award wikipedia. 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. Natan notable books is a new iteration of what had previously been called the natan book award, awarded in 2018 to matti friedmans spies of no country and in 2014 to ari shavits my promised land. The jewish book council announced its 66th annual selections for the national jewish book awards winners and finalists today.
The 2016 american library in paris book award goes to the. Three local authors win jewish book council awards j. The national jewish book awards, part of the jewish book council, is the longestrunning north american awards program of its kind and is recognized as the most prestigious. The 2019 missouri arts awards were presented in a ceremony in the capitol rotunda in. Shortlist, 2020 european studies book award, council for european studies our friends the enemies. Berkeley writer michael chabon has won the jewish book council s 2016 modern literary achievement award for his general contribution to modern jewish literature.
Announcing the winners of the 2016 national jewish book awards. On january 1, 1994, convinced that the jewish book council remained essential to the people of the book, the council s executive board voted to create an inde. A book cannot be considered for an awards category merely because its author is jewish. Dennis ross doomed to succeed wins prestigious jewish. 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 are intended to recognize authors, and encourage reading, of outstanding englishlanguage books of jewish interest. The winners of the 2016 national jewish book awards will be honored on march 7 at a gala awards dinner and ceremony to be held at the center for jewish history in manhattan. The natan fund and the jewish book council have launched natan notable books, a twiceyearly award for nonfiction books on jewish themes. Since 1950, the jewish book council has awarded jewish literary awards to more than 700 books. How jewish wisdom can help you cope and find comfort by rabbi marc. National jewish book award book awards librarything.
These prestigious awards recognize outstanding literature in the field and aim to encourage authors to continue to write on themes of jewish interest. Dennis ross doomed to succeed wins prestigious jewish book council award. The modern jewish picaresque university of michigan press, 2016. The jbc network is a membership organization of over 120 participating sites, jccs, synagogues, hillels, jewish federations and other related organizations that host jewish book programs. Mandel has been selected as a 2019 finalist in the category of anthologies and collections. Dennis ross chronicle of eleven presidents and their relations with israel doomed to succeed. Levy founded the lone soldiers organization in 1997, which supports some 3,500 young people annually who leave their families, usually abroad, to volunteer for israeli army service. More than a century of fiction from the forward by ezra glinter. The jewish book council s winners of the 2015 national jewish book awards include daniel torday for his novel the last flight of poxl west st. 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. A full list of the awardees and runnersup is available at the jewish book council website. Israel relationship from truman to obama captured the top prize in the history category of the 2015 national jewish book awards, the longestrunning. Awards, grants, fellowships, and competitions writers and editors.
Jewish book council 2016 national jewish book awards. Michael chabon, daniel gordis among big winners at 2016. The program will be hosted by abigail pogrebin, author, most recently, of the forthcoming memoir my jewish year. 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. Katzs next book is provisionally entitled freeing the empire. Through the network, the jewish book council is able to provide extensive resources to. Emory university scholar wins national jewish book award.
Braun professor of american jewish history, and benjamin shapell, was a finalist for the american jewish studies category. Michael chabon, daniel gordis win national jewish book awards. It was devoted to the promotion of books of jewish interest. 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. A conservative rabbi, gordis is senior vice president and the koret distinguished fellow at shalem college in jerusalem, where he has lived since 1998.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony on march 5 at the center for jewish history in new york. 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. Through editorial, awards, and programming, jbc promotes jewish literature and authors to readers and provides resources to discuss these works and build community. A visionary writer and outstanding rabbinic leader, koo. Stein is winner of a 2016 national jewish book award ucla. Michael uram, executive director and campus rabbi of hillel at the university of pennsylvania, has won a 2016 national jewish book award for his first book, next generation judaism.
Over the last 17 years the intl latino book awards has grown to become the. A complete list of the winners can be seen on the jewish book council s website. Udel said jewish literature enters fullblown modernity when authors give up on the idea of fixing the jews and decide to describe. The national jewish book awards is an award that has been given out annually by the jewish book council since 1948. Childrens choice book awards book lists for 2016 childrens book council. Winner, 2017 everett lee hunt award, given by the eastern communication association jessica m. 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. Deborah lipstadt, winner of the 2019 national jewish book award in the category of education and jewish identity for her book antisemitism. Jts professors and alumni selected for 2016 national.
Council of editors of learned journals celj awards winners. National jewish book award given by the jewish book council and of the 2016 david h. Established in 1945, the childrens book council of australia cbca is a notforprofit, volunteer run organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young australians the cbca presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to. These books join the ranks of hundreds of wellrespected, classics jewish books that have been national jewish book award finalists over the past 69 years. Michael chabon and daniel gordis were among the winners of the 2016 national jewish book awards. Canadian economics association doug purvis memorial award for 2016. Honorable mention, 20142015 laurence wylie prize in french cultural studies, department of. Book club award, the miller family award in memory of helen dunn weinstein and june keit miller. The freedom endeavor started in 2016 with me trying to figure out how to take a nice.
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. The national jewish book award was established by the jewish book council in 1950 to recognize outstanding works of jewish literature. The national jewish book awards have been presented annually since 1948 to authors of books of exceptional merit in a variety of judaic subjects. Winner of the 2016 jewish book council award for contemporary jewish life and practicean inspiring and accessible guide, drawn from jewish wisdom, for building the inner qualities necessary to work effectively for social justice. Canadian jewish literary awards 2018 winners the canadian childrens book centre, sept. Brandeis faculty books finalists for national jewish book. And the winners are jewish book council announces awards j.
Een geweer, een koe, een boom en een vrouw by meir shalev. Members of the 2018 newbery medal selection committee are. 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. The jewish book council has just announced its 2019 winners. Newbery medal and honor books, 1922present association for. How the media censor and display the dead finalist, 2017 sami rohr prize for jewish literature, given by the jewish book council shari rabin, jews on the frontier. Pinkney prize for the best book in french history awarded by the society for french historical studies. Members receive valuable benefits including special discounts, literary gifts, and exclusive content, while helping jbc to support and celebrate jewish literature. The award includes chabons most recent novel, moonglow harper, described by the council as a moving panorama of jewish experience. The sami rohr prize honors emerging writers who explore the jewish experience in a specific work of nonfiction and fiction. The jewish book council promotes the reading, writing and publishing of quality jewish content books. The council has given out the annual awards recognizing outstanding books of jewish interest since 1948. National jewish book award finalists indiana university.
A concise history of a nation reborn won the jewish book of the year award, the jewish book council announced wednesday. A concise history of a nation reborn won the jewish book of the year. Laura jockusch, the albert abramson assistant professor. National jewish book awards is the longestrunning awards program of its kind and were established by the jewish book council in 1950 in order to recognize outstanding. These prestigious awards recognize outstanding literature in. Religion and mobility in nineteenthcentury america winner, w. The natan fund and the jewish book council launch natan. Guide to the papers of cecilia razovsky, undated, 191971, p290. Night movie by julie blackmon from homegrown series, published by radius books, 2014. But another book that won i thought lacked any authenticity. Past notable winners include chaim grade, deborah lipstadt, bernard malamud, michael oren, chaim potok, philip roth, elie wiesel, jonathan safran foer. National jewish book award in biography, autobiography, and memoir a krauss. Best special issue award, honorable mention award year. Mcgowan, king county library system, issaquah, wash mara j.
Please join the jewish book council in celebrating the 11th year of the sami rohr prize and meet the 2017 fellows at the award ceremony following a literary discussion with the authors, moderated by rabbi david wolpe as part of the jewish book council unpacking the book. A twentyfirstcentury introduction to jews and jewish identities, was selected by the jewish book council as a finalist for the dorothy kripke award for education and jewish identity as part of the 2016 jewish book awards. Shortlist, 2020 pinsky givon family prize for nonfiction, western canada jewish book awards. She will be honored at a ceremony in new york on march 7. As described by cecilia conrad, for the foundation, in five myths about the. Rabbi mike uram of penn hillel receives a 2016 national. 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. Canada council for the arts 2017 governor generals literary award for poetry. How college students and hillel can help reinvent jewish organizations.
The council sponsors the national jewish book awards, the sami rohr prize for jewish literature, the jbc. Chabon serves up his colossal tale of darkness and light in fabulous language. Marglins book had earlier won the 2016 salo wittmayer baron book prize awarded by the american academy for jewish research for an outstanding first book in jewish studies. In 2018, natan also named three finalists for the book. Israelis snag top prizes at national jewish book awards. A book written by a non jewish author is eligible if it has jewish content. The jewish book council recognized two books by brandeis faculty as finalists for the 2015 national jewish book award. Jewish book council is a nonprofit that educates and enriches the community through jewish literature.