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National Jewish Book Awards
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- Jewish Book of the Year
- American Jewish Studies
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- Eastern European Studies
- Editing and Translationg Yiddish Poetry
- English Poetry
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- Illustrated Children's Book
- Israel
- JBC Modern Literary Achievement
- Jewish Education
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- Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
- Jewish History
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- 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
Jewish-Christian Relations
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| 2001 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | Michael AlexanderJazz Age Jews
Princeton University Press
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| 2000 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | Susan ZuccottiUnder His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy
Yale University Press
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| 1999 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | Paul FredriksenJesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity
Alfred A. Knopf
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| 1998 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | Susanna HeschelAbraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus
University of Chicago Press
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| 1997 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | David I. KertzerThe Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Alfred A. Knopf
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| 1996 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | Mark D. NanosThe Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Content of Paul's Letter
Fortress
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| 1995 | Charles H. Revson Foundation Award | Pope John Paul IISpiritual PilgrimageL Texts on Jews and Judaism, 1979-1995
Continuum
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