Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards

Auto­bi­og­ra­phy and Memoir

The Krauss Fam­i­ly Award in Mem­o­ry of Simon & Shu­lamith (Sofi) Goldberg

This award was ded­i­cat­ed to the mem­o­ry of Simon and Sofi Gold­berg by their daugh­ter, Carmel Krauss.

About this award

An auto­bi­og­ra­phy, per­son­al mem­oir or fam­i­ly his­to­ry. The sub­ject need not be a Jew­ish per­son or fam­i­ly but must have sig­nif­i­cant rel­e­vance to the Jew­ish experience.

Past Related Categories
Biog­ra­phy and Autobiography
Biog­ra­phy, Auto­bi­og­ra­phy, and Memoir
Year Endowment Winner Finalists
2025 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2024 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2023 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2022 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2021 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2020 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2019 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2018 The Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
2001 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Malkah Shapiro; Nehemia Polen, trans.

The Rebbe's Daughter
Jewish Publication Society
2000 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Cyrus H. Gordon

A Scholar's Odyssey
Society of Biblical Literature
1999 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Steven Sadow, ed.

King David's Harp
University of New Mexico Press
1998 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Marcel Benabou

Jacob, Menachem, and Maimon
University of Nebraska Press
1997 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Elizabeth Ehrlich

Miriam's Kitchen
Viking
1996 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Binjamin Wilkomirski

Fragments
Schocken
1995 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Louise Kehoe

In This Dark House: A Memoir
Schocken
1994 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Howard A. Shack

A Spy in Canaan: My Secret Life as a Jewish-American Businessman Spying for Israel in Arab Lands
Birch Lane Press, Carol Publishing Group
1993 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Norman Manea

On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist
Grove Weidenfeld
1992 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Henry Morganthau III

Mostly Morganthaus: A Family History
Ticknor and Fields
1991 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Irving Louis Horowitz

Daydreams and Nightmares: Reflections of a Harlem Childhood
University Press of Mississippi
1990 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Lucy Dawidowicz

From That Time and Place: A Memoir 1938-1947
W.W. Norton
1989 Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award

Nathan Sharansky

Fear No Evil
Random House