National Jewish Book Awards

Visual Arts

Year	Endowment	Winner	Finalists
2024		Raquel Ukeles Hezi Amiur Yoel Finkelman Stefan Litt Samuel Thrope 101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel Scala Arts Publishers Inc.	Ann Brener Books Like Sapphires: From the Library of Congress Judaica Collection Brandeis University Press Izzy Pludwinski The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter: From Sacred Scrolls to Graffiti Brandeis University Press Josh Tuininga We Are Not Strangers Harry N. Abrams
2022		Liana Finck Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation Penguin Random House	Mira Z. Amiras Malkah’s Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet Collective Book Studio Barbara Bloemink Florine Stettheimer: A Biography Hirmer Publishers
2019	Jewish Book Council Award	Rebecca Shaykin Edith Halpert, The Downtown Gallery, and the Rise of American Art Jewish Museum (Yale University Press)	Nora Krug Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home Scribner Angela Lampe Chagall, El Lissitzky, Malevitch: The Russian Avant-garde in Vitebsk (1918−1922) Prestel Bracha Yaniv Ceremonial Synagogue Textiles The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
2017	Jewish Book Council Award	Irvin Ungar Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art GILES	Esther da Costa Meyer Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design Jewish Museum Jens Hoffmann and Claudia Nahson Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist Jewish Museum Bracha Yaniv The Carved Wooden Torah Arks of Eastern Europe The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press
2015	Jewish Book Council Award	Marc Michael Epstein, ed. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts Princeton University Press	Diana L. Linden Ben Shahn’s New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene Wayne State University Press Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Jens Hoffmann, Alexander Lavrentiev The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film Jewish Museum (Yale University Press) Maya Benton Roman Vishniac Rediscovered Prestel
2013	Jewish Book Council Award	Alexander Gorlin Kabbalah in Art and Architecture Pointed Leaf Press	Joseph M. Siry Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture The University of Chicago Press Izzy Pludwinski Mastering Hebrew Calligraphy Koren Publishers Jerusalem Salo Aizenberg; Michael Berenbaum, fwd. Hatemail: Anti-Semitism on Picture Postcards Jewish Publication Society
2011	Jewish Book Council Award	Mason Klein Alias Man Ray Yale University Press/The Jewish Museum	Brooke Kamin Rapaport; Alan Brinkley et.al., contributors Houdini: Art and Magic Yale University Pres/The Jewish Museum Gavriel D. Rosenfeld Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust Yale University Press Evelyn M. Cohen, Sharon Liberman Mintz, and Emile G.L. Schrijver, eds. A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books
2009	Jewish Book Council Award	Norman L. Kleeblatt, ed. Action/Abstraction: Pollack, De Kooning, and American Art, 1950 – 1976 The Jewish Museum/Yale University Press
2007	Jewish Book Council Award	Murray Zimiles Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses:The Synagogue to the Carousel Brandeis University Press
2005	Jewish Book Council Award	Emily D. Blski and Emily Braun, eds. Jewish Women and Their Salons: The Power of Conversation The Jewish Museum and Yale University Press
2004	Jewish Book Council Award	Frederic Brenner Diaspora: Homelands in Exile HarperCollins
1997	Anonymous Donor	Grace Cohen Grossman with Richard Eighme Ahlborn Judaica at the Smithsonian: Cultural Politics as Cultural Model Smithsonian Institution Press
1996	Anonymous Donor	Neil Folberg And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues Aperture
1995	Anonymous Donor	Hugh Lauter Levin Associates Jewish Art Grossman, Grace Cohen
1994	Ita and Joshua Aber Award	Joseph and Yehudit Shadur Jewish Papercuts: A History and Guide Gefen Publishing House/ Judah Magnes Museum
1993	Ita and Joshua Aber Award	Sharon R. Keller, ed The Jews: A Treasury of Arts and Literature Hugh Lauter Levin/Macmillan
1992	Ita and Joshua Aber Award	Norman L. Kleeblatt and Susan Chevlowe, eds. Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York, 1900-1945 The Jewish Museum/ Indiana University Press
1991	Ita and Joshua Aber Award	Shalom Sabar Kettubah: Jewish Marriage Contracts of Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum and Klau Library/Jewish Publication Society
1990	Ita and Joshua Aber Award	David Cohen, ed. Jews in America Collins Publishers
1989	Leon L. Gildesgame Memorial Award	Leonard Gold A Sign and a Witness: 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts New York Public Library/ Oxford University Press
1988	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Lester D. Friedman The Jewish Image in American Film Citadel Press/ Lyle Stuart
1987	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson Jewish Folk Art: From Biblical Days to Modern Times Summit Books
1986	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Carol Herselle Krinsky Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning The Architectural History Foundation/ MIT Press
1985	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Evelyn M. Cohen The Rothschild Mahzor: Florence, 1492 The Library/ The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
1984	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Roman Vishnaic A Vanished World Farrar, Straus & Giroux
1983	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Andrew S. Ackerman and Susan L. Braunstein Israel in Antiquity: From David to Herod The Jewish Museum
1982	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Janet Blatter and Sybil Milton Art of the Holocaust Routledge
1981	Leon L. Gildesgame Award	Yeshiva University Museum Purim: The Face and the Mask Yeshiva University Press

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Raquel Uke­les Hezi Ami­ur Yoel Finkel­man Ste­fan Litt Samuel Thrope

Ann Bren­er

Izzy Plud­win­s­ki

Josh Tuininga

Liana Finck

Mira Z. Amiras

Bar­bara Bloemink

Rebecca Shaykin

Nora Krug

Angela Lampe

Bracha Yaniv

Irvin Ungar

Esther da Costa Meyer

Jens Hoffmann and Claudia Nahson

Bracha Yaniv

Marc Michael Epstein, ed.

Diana L. Linden

Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Jens Hoffmann, Alexander Lavrentiev

Maya Ben­ton

Alexander Gorlin

Joseph M. Siry

Izzy Pludwinski

Salo Aizenberg; Michael Berenbaum, fwd.

Mason Klein

Brooke Kamin Rapaport; Alan Brinkley et.al., contributors

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld

Evelyn M. Cohen, Sharon Liberman Mintz, and Emile G.L. Schrijver, eds.

Norman L. Kleeblatt, ed.

Murray Zimiles

Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses:The Synagogue to the Carousel

Emily D. Blski and Emily Braun, eds.

Jewish Women and Their Salons: The Power of Conversation

Frederic Brenner

Diaspora: Homelands in Exile

Grace Cohen Grossman with Richard Eighme Ahlborn

Judaica at the Smithsonian: Cultural Politics as Cultural Model

Neil Folberg

And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues

Hugh Lauter Levin Associates

Jewish Art

Joseph and Yehudit Shadur

Jewish Papercuts: A History and Guide

Sharon R. Keller, ed

The Jews: A Treasury of Arts and Literature

Norman L. Kleeblatt and Susan Chevlowe, eds.

Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York, 1900-1945

Shalom Sabar

Kettubah: Jewish Marriage Contracts of Hebrew Union College

David Cohen, ed.

Jews in America

Leonard Gold

A Sign and a Witness: 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts

Lester D. Friedman

The Jewish Image in American Film

Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson

Jewish Folk Art: From Biblical Days to Modern Times

Carol Herselle Krinsky

Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning

Evelyn M. Cohen

The Rothschild Mahzor: Florence, 1492

Roman Vishnaic

A Vanished World

Andrew S. Ackerman and Susan L. Braunstein

Israel in Antiquity: From David to Herod

Janet Blatter and Sybil Milton

Art of the Holocaust

Yeshiva University Museum

Purim: The Face and the Mask

National Jewish Book Awards

Visual Arts

Raquel Ukeles

Hezi Amiur

Yoel Finkelman

Stefan Litt

Samuel Thrope

Ann Brener

Izzy Pludwinski

Barbara Bloemink

Maya Benton