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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
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- 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
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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
1988
| Category | Endowment | Winner | Finalists |
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| Children's Literature | Anita and Martin Shapolsky Award | Sonia LevitinThe Return
Atheneum
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| Children's Picture Book | Miriam Chaikin; Charles Mikolaycak, illus.Exodus, Adapted from the Bible
Holiday House
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| Contemporary Jewish Life | Muriel and Phil Berman Award | Paul and Rachel CowanMixed Blessings: Marriage Between Jews and Christians
Doubleday
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| Fiction | Harry and Ethel Daroff Award | Philip RothThe Counterlife
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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| Holocaust | Leon Jolson Award | Susan ZuccottiThe Italians and the Holocaust
Basic Books
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| Israel | Morris J. Kaplun Award | Shabtai TevethBen Gurion: The Burning Ground 1886-1948
Houghtin Mifflin
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| Jewish History | Bernard H. Marks Award | Robert ChazanEuropean Jewry and the First Crusade
University of California Press
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| Jewish Thought | 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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| Scholarship | Julius Kushner Award | Daniel M. FriedenbergMedieval Jewish Seals from Europe
Wayne State University Press
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| Visual Arts | Leon L. Gildesgame Award | Lester D. FriedmanThe Jewish Image in American Film
Citadel Press/ Lyle Stuart
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