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This is a list of the winners of the national jewish book award by category. Oakland writer michael david lukas has won the 2018 national jewish book award in fiction for his novel the last watchman of old cairo. This year, jbc awarded its the inaugural biography award in memory of sara berenson stone. 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. The council sponsors the national jewish book awards, the sami rohr prize for jewish literature, the jbc. Lukas, an assistant professor of creative writing at san francisco state university, told. National jewish book award winners and finalists inspire. The winners of the jewish book councils 2019 national jewish book awards have been announced. Alters onceinageneration translation of the entire hebrew bible into english began in 1997 with the publication of his. The national jewish book awards are north americas longestrunning awards program in the field of jewish literature.
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Among them are etgar keret, a writer of fabulist tales set in israel, memoirist dani shapiro, who discovered a family secret that upended her life, and bari weiss, who wrote a manifesto on fighting antisemitism. The awards were announced today by the jewish book council. Winners include bari weiss, whose book how to fight antisemitism was written in the aftermath of the 2018 attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh. The noise of the news is loud every day and voices of conflict are elevated. Dani shapiro for her bestselling memoir inheritance. Previous winners national jewish book awards, national. The national jewish book awards recognize outstanding works of jewish literature and is the longestrunning awards program of its kind.
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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. New york, january 15, 2020jewish book council announced the winners of the 2019 national jewish book awards, now in its sixtyninth. Jonathan decter wins 2018 national jewish book award. From abraham to zabars and everything in between, is a. Today, the jewish book council revealed the winners of the 2019 national jewish book awards, which span 24 categories. The national jewish book awards have been presented annually since 1948 to authors of books of exceptional merit in a variety of judaic subjects. It is the longestrunning awards program of its kind. Jewish book council announces 2018 winners the jewish news. The goal of the council, as stated on its website, is to promote the reading, writing and publishing of quality english language books of jewish content in north america.
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