
National Jewish Book Awards
Inaugurated in 1950, the National Jewish Book Awards is the longest-running North American awards program of its kind and is recognized as the most prestigious. The Awards are intended to recognize authors, and encourage reading, of outstanding English-language 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. Past notable winners include Chaim Grade, Deborah Lipstadt, Bernard Malamud, Michael Oren, Chaim Potok, Philip Roth, Elie Wiesel, Jonathan Safran Foer, Deborah Dash Moore, and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso.
2020 Submissions Are Open
2019 Winners

2019 Judges
Nancy Bachrach
Judith Baskin
Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum
Elisa Spungen Bildner
Aaron Bisman
Elli Bloomberg
Tracy Brown
Stacy Burdett
Menachem Butler
Susan Caller
Ezra Cappell
Rabbi Carie Carter
Seth Cohen
Ellen Cole
Bobbi Coller
Maurice Corson
Allison Davis
Zev Eleff
Zach Fasman
Malka Fleischmann
Martin Fletcher
Geri Gindea
Zvi Gitelman
Darra Goldstein
Joy Greenberg
Blu Greenberg
Tully Harcsztark
Jay M. Harris
Eli Havivi
Tali Herenstein
Rita Jacobs
Robin Jacobson
Howard Jaeckel
Alan Kadish
Marc Katz
Rabbi Jan Kaufman
Sharon Keller
Jonathan Kirsch
Francine Klagsbrun
Rebecca Kobrin
Carmel Krauss
Fred Lazin
Lauren Lerner
Linda Levi
Fred Levick
Sheri Levin
Judith Lieberman
Sara Lippman
Sue Littauer
Jessica Marglin
Devi Mays
Karen Medwed
Erika Meitner
Joshua Mikutis
Mike Miller
Debby Miller
Lisa Moses-Leff
Karen Moss
Devin Naar
Beverly Nadel
Carol Neuberger
Lindsey Newman
Rachel Norton
Amy Oringel
Avinoam Patt
Annie Polland
Shari Rabin
Deborah Rabner
Ethel Rackin
Jonathan S. Ray
Robert Rifkind
Judith Rosenbaum
Matthue Roth
Amelia Saltsman
Jonathan Sarna
Rebecca Einstein Schorr
Benjamin Schreier
Rachel Schultz
Shuly Schwartz
Amir Shaviv
Karen Shawn
Naama Shefi
Bill Shulman
Lisa Silverman
Nancy Sims
Brian Smollett
Amy Spungen
Lilian Stern
Marion Stoltz-Loike
Marc Straus
Cathy Sussman
Regina Tapoohi
Shelby Tauber
Susan Tourial
Tevi Troy
Michael Twitty
Mike Uram
Jane Weitzman
Alan Wiener
William Daroff
Molly Yeh
Jeffrey Yoskowitz
Etta Zimmerman
Naming Opportunities
There are naming opportunities for the following award categories
- Middle Grade Literature
- Visual Arts
- Young Adult Literature
For further information about naming opportunities call Naomi Firestone-Teeter at (212) 201‑2921.