National Jewish Book Award2018

Given by Jewish Book Council

Other Names: Goldberg Prize for Fiction, Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers
50 Works 4,145 Books 198 Reviews 4.0
"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 awards are designed to heighten awareness of show more outstanding books of Jewish interest published in the last year and • to encourage the reading of worthwhile books • to recognize authors of outstanding Jewish literature • to stimulate others to further literary creativity • to acknowledge original contributions to scholarship Th ese awards acknowledge the seminal importance of a particular work. In addition, there is a monetary award for each winning author, a public presentation to recognize the superior eff orts made by the author and publisher in preparing the winning piece of literature, and publicity for the event and the individual awardees." http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-award.html show less
Stages:
All, Winner (706), Finalist (784), Nominee (1), No Stage (14)
Categories:
All, American Jewish History (1), Amer­i­can Jew­ish Studies (51), Anthologies (1), Anthologies and Collections (37), Autobiography and Memoir (19), Autobiography/Memoir (24), Biography (20), Biography and Autobiography (2), Biography, Autobiography, Memoir (38), Book Club (6), Book Club Award (24), Celebrate 350 Award for American Jewish Studies (2), Children's Literature (72), Children's Picture Book (38), Children's and Young Adults' Literature (10), Children’s Literature & Jewish Family Literature (1), Children’s and Young Adult Literature (23), Contemporary Jewish Life (7), Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice (59), Contemporary Jewish Thought and Experience (1), Debut Fiction (22), Debut Fic­tion Gold­berg Prize (5), Eastern European Studies (13), Education (3), Education and Jewish Identity (34), English Poetry (8), Everett Family Foundation (3), Everett Family Foundation Award (1), Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year (9), Fiction (124), Fiction JJ Green­berg Memo­r­i­al Award (1), Fiction, Book Club Award (2), Fiction, JJ Greenberg Memorial Award (4), Fic­tion JJ Green­berg Memo­r­i­al Award (6), First Time Author (1), Food Writing & Cookbooks (10), General Non Fiction (1), Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers (14), Hebrew Fiction in Translation (5), History (71), Holocaust (94), Holocaust Memoir & Mimi S. Frank Award (1), Holocaust Memoir Award (5), Holocaust Studies - in Memory of Ernest W. Michel (1), Holocaust, Biography (1), Holo­caust (2), Illustrated Children's Book (29), Israel (31), Jewish Book of the Year (5), Jewish Education (7), Jewish Family Literature (10), Jewish Folklore and Anthropology (2), Jewish History (30), Jewish Thought (42), Jewish-Christian Relations (12), Jew­ish Book of the Year Everett Fam­i­ly Foun­da­tion Award (2), Middle Grade Literature (14), Modern Jewish Thought and Experience (54), Non-Fiction (11), Outstanding Debut Fiction (13), Poetry (38), Reference (13), Scholarship (75), Sephardic - Ashkenazic Culture (4), Sephardic Culture (35), Sephardic Cul­ture Mimi S. Frank Award (4), Sephardic Studies (16), Sephardic and Ashkenazic Culture and Customs (4), Sephardic-Ashkenazic Culture (1), Special Recognition (1), The JDC-Her­bert Katz­ki Award (1), Thought (2), Translation of English Poetry (1), Translation of a Jewish Classic (2), Visual Arts (48), Women Stud­ies Bar­bara Dobkin Award (1), Women's Studies (57), Writing Based on Archival Material (24), Yiddish Language and Culture (2), Yiddish Literature (1), Yiddish Poetry (2), Yiddish Studies (2), Young Adult (6), Young Adult Literature (20), No Category (6)
Years:
All, 2023 (60), 2022 (62), 2021 (54), 2020 (60), 2019 (64), 2018 (50), 2017 (52), 2016 (41), 2015 (56), 2014 (33), 2013 (48), 2012 (48), 2011 (52), 2010 (50), 2009 (53), 2008 (46), 2007 (48), 2006 (50), 2005 (59), 2004 (36), 2003 (17), 2002 (54), 2001 (1), 2000 (49), 1999 (45), 1998 (28), 1997 (14), 1996 (12), 1995 (12), 1994 (13), 1993 (13), 1992 (11), 1991 (11), 1990 (11), 1989 (11), 1988 (10), 1987 (8), 1986 (9), 1985 (10), 1984 (9), 1983 (9), 1982 (7), 1981 (7), 1980 (8), 1979 (4), 1978 (6), 1977 (7), 1976 (7), 1975 (5), 1974 (6), 1973 (5), 1972 (4), 1971 (3), 1970 (4), 1969 (5), 1968 (3), 1967 (3), 1966 (5), 1965 (3), 1964 (3), 1963 (3), 1962 (3), 1961 (2), 1960 (3), 1959 (3), 1958 (2), 1957 (1), 1955 (1), 1954 (2), 1953 (2), 1952 (2), 1951 (2), 1950 (2), 1949 (2)
Announced:
January 24: Winner2023 Recent
January 24: Finalist2023 Recent

Winner 16

WorkCategoryYear
The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today by Jack WertheimerAmer­i­can Jew­ish Studies2018
My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace by Ehud BarakAutobiography and Memoir2018
Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom by Ariel BurgerBiography2018
The Girl from Berlin by Richard H. BalsonBook Club Award2018
All Three Stooges by Erica S. PerlChildren's Literature2018
The going : a meditation on Jewish law by Leon Wiener DowContemporary Jewish Life and Practice2018
The Book of Dirt by Bram PresserDebut Fiction2018
The Talmud: A Biography by Barry Scott WimpfheimerEducation and Jewish Identity2018
Hunting the Truth: Memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld by Beate KlarsfeldEverett Family Foundation Award2018
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David LukasFiction, JJ Greenberg Memorial Award2018
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Ronen BergmanHistory2018
Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz by Omer BartovHolocaust2018
Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition by Alan L. MittlemanModern Jewish Thought and Experience2018
Holy Moly Carry Me (American Poets Continuum) by Erika MeitnerPoetry2018
Never a Native by Alice ShalviWomen's Studies2018
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe by Rebecca ErbeldingWriting Based on Archival Material2018

Finalist 34

WorkCategoryYear
On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore by Eric L. GoldsteinAmer­i­can Jew­ish Studies2018
Pennies for Heaven: The History of American Synagogues and Money (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) by Daniel JudsonAmer­i­can Jew­ish Studies2018
Beyond Chrismukkah: The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States by Samira K. MehtaAmer­i­can Jew­ish Studies2018
The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America by Mohammed Al SamawiAutobiography and Memoir2018
Sara Berman's Closet by Maira KalmanAutobiography and Memoir2018
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death (Jewish Lives) by Lillian FadermanBiography2018
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt by Ken KrimsteinBiography2018
The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring by Gregory J WallanceBiography2018
Promised Land: A Novel of Israel by Martin FletcherBook Club Award2018
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein HaleviBook Club Award2018
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan AuxierChildren's Literature2018
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily JenkinsChildren's Literature2018
Regina Persisted: An Untold Story by Sandy Eisenberg SassoChildren's Literature2018
Recharging Judaism : how civic engagement is good for synagogues, Jews, and America by Judith SchindlerContemporary Jewish Life and Practice2018
The case of the sexy Jewess : dance, gender, and Jewish joke-work in US pop culture by Hannah SchwadronContemporary Jewish Life and Practice2018
Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi by MaNishtanaDebut Fiction2018
Sadness Is a White Bird: A Novel by Moriel Rothman-ZecherDebut Fiction2018
The Talmud of Relationships, Volume 1: God, Self, and Family by Rabbi Amy ScheinermanEducation and Jewish Identity2018
The Talmud of Relationships, Volume 2: The Jewish Community and Beyond by Rabbi Amy ScheinermanEducation and Jewish Identity2018
The Mandela Plot by Kenneth BonertFiction, JJ Greenberg Memorial Award2018
Mother India by Tova ReichFiction, JJ Greenberg Memorial Award2018
Lake Success by Gary ShteyngartFiction, JJ Greenberg Memorial Award2018
In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea by Michael BrennerHistory2018
Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism by Shira KleinHistory2018
Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History by Steven J. ZippersteinHistory2018
Martin Buber's Theopolitics by Samuel Hayim BrodyModern Jewish Thought and Experience2018
Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land by Amos OzModern Jewish Thought and Experience2018
A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture by Shachar M. PinskerModern Jewish Thought and Experience2018
Fruit Geode by Alicia Jo RabinsPoetry2018
Time in the Babylonian Talmud: Natural and Imagined Times in Jewish Law and Narrative by Lynn KayeScholarship2018
Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans: Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabbinic Literature by Vered NoamScholarship2018
The Holocaust and North Africa by Aomar BoumSephardic Culture2018
The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought by Mara H. BenjaminWomen's Studies2018
Braided: A Journey of a Thousand Challahs by Beth RicanatiWomen's Studies2018

Descriptions

"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 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 • to recognize authors of outstanding Jewish literature • to stimulate others to further literary creativity • to acknowledge original contributions to scholarship Th ese awards acknowledge the seminal importance of a particular work. In addition, there is a monetary award for each winning author, a public presentation to recognize the superior eff orts made by the author and publisher in preparing the winning piece of literature, and publicity for the event and the individual awardees." http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-award.html (English, Member-written)
Established in 1999 and supported through a generous grant from the Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation, the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers is among the very first of its kind to highlight new works by contemporary writers exploring Jewish themes. The prize spotlights promising new talent, and is awarded to an American fiction writer for a first or second full-length work that was published in the previous calendar year. http://www.jewishculture.org/?pid=literature (English, Member-written)

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