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National Jewish Book Awards
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Jewish Thought
| Year | Endowment | Winner | Finalists |
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| 2001 | Dorot Foundation Award | Samuel HeilmanWhen A Jew Dies
University of California Press
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| 2000 | Dorot Foundation Award | Jonathan SacksA Letter in the Scroll
The Free Press
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| 1999 | Dorot Foundation Award | Norman LammThe Religious Thought of Hasidism
Ktav Publishing House
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| 1998 | Dorot Foundation Award | Rachel AdlerEngendering Judaism
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1997 | Dorot Foundation Award | Rodger KamenetzStalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Mystical Masters
HarperSanFrancisco
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| 1996 | Dorot Foundation Award | Robert A. PaulMoses and Civilization: The Meaning Behind Freud's Myth
Yale University Press
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| 1994 | Anonymous Donor | Michael FishbaneThe Kiss of God: Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism
University of Washington Press
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| 1993 | Anonymous Donor | Susan Starr SeredWomen as Ritual Experts: The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem
Oxford University Press
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| 1992 | Anonymous Donor | Yosef Hayim YerushalmiFreud's Moses: Judaism Terminable and Interminable
Yale University Press
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| 1991 | Anonymous Donor | Neil GillmanSacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1990 | Anonymous Donor | Marc SapersteinJewish Preaching, 1200-1800
Yale University Press
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| 1989 | Anonymous Donor | Michael RosenackCommandments and Concerns: Jewish Religious Education in Secular Society
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1988 | William (Zev) Frank Memorial Award Presented by Ellen and David Scheinfeld | Marc D. AngelThe Orphaned Adult: Confronting the Death of a Parent
Insight Books/ Human Sciences Press
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| 1987 | William (Zev) Frank Memorial Award Presented by Ellen and David Scheinfeld | Arnold M. EisenGalut: Modern Jewish Reflections on Homelessness and Homecoming
Indiana University Press
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| 1986 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | David HartmanA Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism
The Free Press
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| 1985 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Joseph B. Soloveitchik; Lawrence Kaplan, trans.Halakhic Man
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1984 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Steven T. KatzPost-Holocaust Dialogues: Critical Studies in Modern Jewish Thought
New York University Press
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| 1983 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Bernard SeptimusHispano-Jewish Culture in Transition: The Career and Controversies of Ramah
Harvard University Press
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| 1982 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Robert AlterThe Art of Biblical Narrative
Basic Books
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| 1981 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Isadore TwerskyIntroduction to the Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah)
Yale University Press
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| 1980 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | David BialeGershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter History
Harvard University Press
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| 1979 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Robert GordisLove and Sex: A Modern Jewish Perspective
Women's League for Conservative Judaism/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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| 1978 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Raphael PataiThe Jewish Mind
Charles Scribner's Sons
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| 1977 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | David HartmanMaimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1976 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Solomon B. FreehofContemporary Reform Response
Hebrew Union College Press/Ktav
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| 1975 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Berkovtis, EliezerMajor Themes in Modern Philosophies of Judaism
Ktav Publishing House
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| 1974 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Eugene BorowitzMasks Jews Wear: The Self Deception of American Jewry
Simon & Schuster
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| 1973 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Elie WieselSouls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters
Random House/ Summit
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| 1973 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Samuel SandmelTwo Living Traditions: Essays on Religion and the Bible
Wayne State University Press
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| 1972 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Abraham E. MillgramJewish Worship
Jewish Publication Society
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| 1971 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Mordechai M. KaplanThe Religion of Ethical Nationhood: Judaism's Contribution to World Peace
Macmillan
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| 1970 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Abraham Joshua HeschelIsrael: An Echo of Eternity
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
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| 1969 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Emil L. FackenheimQuest for Past and Future: Essays in Jewish Theology
University of Indiana Press/ Greenwood
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| 1968 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Michael A. MeyerOrigins of the Modern Jew
Wayne State University Press
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| 1967 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Nahum M. SarnaUnderstanding Genesis: The Heritage of Biblical Israel
Jewish Theological Seminary of America/ Schocken
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| 1966 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | David PolishThe Higher Freedom: A New Turning Point in Jewish History
Quadrangle Press
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| 1965 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Israel EfrosAncient Jewish Philosophy
Wayne State University Press
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| 1964 | Frank and Ethel S. Cohen Award | Ben Zion BokserJudaism: Profile of a Faith
Burning Bush Press/ Alfred A. Knopf
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| 1950 | Jewish Community Council of Washington, D.C. Award | GuidoKirschThe Jews in Medieval Germany: A Study of Their Legal and Social Status
University of Chicago Press
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| 1949 | Jewish Community Council of Washington, D.C. Award | Harry A.WolfsonPhilo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Harvard University Press
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