National Jewish Book Award Winners

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, ...more

Winners

	The Prince of Steel Pier by Stacy Nockowitz (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 89 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Middle Grade (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abomination by Ashley Goldberg (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 400 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torah in a Time of Plague: Historical and Contemporary Jewish Responses by Erin Leib Smokler (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fly Already: Stories by Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 3,428 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edith Halpert, the Downtown Gallery, and the Rise of American Art by Rebecca Shaykin 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Visual Arts (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans) by Naomi B. Sokoloff (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Anthologies and Collections (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naamah by Sarah Blake (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 1,218 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 2,475 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Fiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 33,320 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Book Club (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama by Dennis Ross 4.09 avg rating — 329 ratings National Jewish Book Award for History (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Who Go Do Not Return by Shulem Deen (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 5,713 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli by Ted Merwin 3.53 avg rating — 256 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Education and Jewish Identity (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oskar and the Eight Blessings by T.R. Simon (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 845 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring by Joseph Polak 4.26 avg rating — 108 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl: Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America by Alice Nakhimovsky 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Anthologies and Collections (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Sectarianism: The Realignment of American Orthodox Judaism by Adam S. Ferziger 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings National Jewish Book Award for American Jewish Studies (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917 - 1947 by Bruce Hoffman 4.16 avg rating — 148 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Book of the Year (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Women’s Studies (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 2,761 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Outstanding Debut Fiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation by Yossi Klein Halevi 4.42 avg rating — 1,277 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Book of the Year (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FDR and the Jews by Richard Breitman 4.04 avg rating — 191 ratings National Jewish Book Award for American Jewish Studies (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1929: Mapping the Jewish World by Hasia R. Diner (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Anthologies and Collections (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An American Bride in Kabul by Phyllis Chesler (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 1,541 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Biography, Autobiography, Memoir (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War Within These Walls by Aline Sax 3.96 avg rating — 994 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaddish: Women's Voices by Michal Smart (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Educating in the Divine Image: Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools by Chaya Rosenfeld Gorsetman 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Education and Jewish Identity (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Friends by Amos Oz 4.04 avg rating — 2,568 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Fiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit 4.22 avg rating — 8,421 ratings National Jewish Book Award for History (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Hungary by Randolph L. Braham (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kimmel 4.12 avg rating — 446 ratings National Jewish Book Award for Illustrated Children’s Book (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars