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National Jewish Book Awards
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By Year
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By Category
- Jewish Book of the Year
- American Jewish Studies
- Anthologies and Collections
- Autobiography and Memoir
- Biography
- Book Club Award
- Children's Literature
- Children's Picture Book
- Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice
- Debut Fiction
- Education and Jewish Identity
- Fiction
- Food Writing & Cookbooks
- Hebrew Fiction in Translation
- History
- Holocaust
- Holocaust Memoir Award
- Mentorship Award
- Middle Grade Literature
- Modern Jewish Thought and Experience
- Poetry
- Scholarship
- Sephardic Culture
- Visual Arts
- Women's Studies
- Writing Based on Archival Material
- Young Adult Literature
- American Jewish History
- Biography and Autobiography
- Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
- Children's and Young Adult Literature
- Children's Picture Book
- Contemporary Jewish Life
- Contemporary Jewish Thought and Experience
- Cumulative Contribution to Children's Literature
- Cumulative Contribution to English Poetry
- Cumulative Contribution to Hebrew Poetry
- Cumulative Contribution to Jewish Historic Research and Thought
- Cumulative Contribution to Jewish History
- Cumulative Contribution to Yiddish Poetry
- Eastern European Studies
- Editing and Translationg Yiddish Poetry
- English Poetry
- Hebrew Poetry
- Illustrated Children's Book
- Israel
- JBC Modern Literary Achievement
- Jewish Education
- Jewish Family Literature
- Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
- Jewish History
- Jewish Thought
- Jewish-Christian Relations
- Lifetime Achievement
- Literary Achivement Award
- Nonfiction
- Reference
- Sephardic and Ashkenazic Culture and Customs
- Sephardic Studies
- Special Recognition
- Translation of a Jewish Classic
- Translation of English Poetry
- Yiddish Language and Culture
- Yiddish Literature
- Yiddish Poetry
Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice
Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award
This award is dedicated to the memory of JBC Board member Myra H. Kraft by Robert Kraft and family. Myra loved to read, and for many years served as the leader of the Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice Award panel.
About this award
A non-fiction book about current tools and resources for Jewish living. These include, but are not limited to, holiday, how-to books, and life-cycle books.
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| 2025 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2024 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2023 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2022 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2021 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2020 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2019 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2018 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2017 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2016 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2015 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2014 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2013 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2012 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2011 | Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award |
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| 2010 | Jewish Book Council Award |
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| 2009 | Jewish Book Council Award |
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| 2006 | Jewish Book Council Award |
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| 2005 | Jewish Book Council Award | Scott-Martin KosofskyThe Book of Customs: A Complete Handbook for the Jewish Year
Harper SanFrancisco
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| 2004 | Jewish Book Council Award | Sherri MandellThe Blessing of a Broken Heart
Toby Press
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| 2002-2003 | Mimi Frank Award In Memory of Becky Levy | Elliot DorffTo Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics
Jewish Publication Society
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