National Jewish Book Awards
		The Award
		Winners and Finalists
		Previous Winners
	Categories
		Fiction
		Nonfiction
		Children's Literature
		Autobiography/Memoir
		Children's Picture Book (The Louis Posner Memorial Award)
		Eastern European Studies
		Education (The Leon Jolson Award)
		History (The Gerrard and Ella Berman Philanthropic Fund Award)
		Holocaust (Morris J. and Betty Kaplun Foundation Award)
		Israel (Morris J. and Betty Kaplun Foundation Award)
		Jewish-Christian Relations (Charles H. Revson Foundation Award)
		Jewish Thought (Dorot Foundation Award in Memory of Joy Ungerleider Mayerson Award)
		Reference
		Scholarship Award
		Sephardic and Ashkenazic Culture (Mimi Frank Award, in Memory of Becky Levy)
		Sephardic Studies (Maurice Amado Foundation Award)
		Women's Studies (The Barbara Dobkin Honorary Award, by Her Friends)
		Yiddish Language and Culture/The Forward Foundation Award

Autobiography/Memoir Winner

King David's Harp Autobiographical Essays by Jewish Latin American Writers by Stephen A. Sadow (ed.) KING DAVID'S HARP is a haunting and inspiring oratorio rarely heard by Jewish listeners in North America. Whether translated from Spanish and Portuguese or written in English, these essays resemble arias that reflect the struggle and resilience of a universal Jewish spirit. While each voice remains unique, the essays harmonize in their yearnings for freedom, justice, peace, fulfillment, and transcendence.  (Winner) Finalists: Reluctant Return A Survivor's Journey to an Austrian Town by David W. Weiss Stone Pillow The Life and Times of Jona Lerman by Arlene Kurtis, Jona Lerman

Children's Picture Book/Louis Posner Memorial Award Winner

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes -- just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat -- while they laugh at the bold, cheerful artwork and learn that you can always make something, even out of nothing.  (Winner) Finalists: Exodus by Brian Wildsmith Streets of Gold by Rosemary Wells, Dan Andreasen (illus.)

 
Eastern European Studies/Ronald S. Lauder Award

Polin Focusing on Galicia: Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians by Israel Bartal (ed.), Antony Polonsky (ed.) This year's award is honoring Polin, a journal of studies in Polish Jewry that published its 12th volume. Since its inception in 1986 the journal has offered a forum for outstanding scholarship drawn from many disciplines. By publishing contributions from many different countries, it opened a dialogue in a field where scholars had previously found it difficult to communicate with one another across national boundaries. Polin leaves no subject untouched, providing an encyclopedic overview of 1,000 years in the history of Polish Jewry. ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 ) Next Page (3)