
National Jewish Book Awards
Inaugurated in 1950, the National Jewish Book Awards is the longest-running North American awards program of its kind and is recognized as the most prestigious. The Awards are intended to recognize authors, and encourage reading, of outstanding English-language books of Jewish interest.
Awards are presented in over eighteen categories, and the winning authors are celebrated at an annual gala in the year following the publication of the books under consideration. Past notable winners include Chaim Grade, Deborah Lipstadt, Bernard Malamud, Michael Oren, Chaim Potok, Philip Roth, Elie Wiesel, Jonathan Safran Foer, Deborah Dash Moore, and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso.
2020 Submissions Are Closed
2020 Winners

2020 Judges
Michlean Amir
Yaron Ayalon
Nancy Bachrach
Judith Baskin
Elisheva Baumgarten
Ruth Behar
Elisa Spungen Bildner
Mijal Bitton
Elli Bloomberg
Robert Bressman
Tracy Brown
Aviva L. Brown
Susan Caller
Ezra Cappell
Rabbi Carie Carter
Michael Cohen
Seth Cohen
Ellen Cole
Allison Davis
Jonathan Fass
Geri Gindea
Ezra Glinter
Darra Goldstein
Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll
Joy Greenberg
Blu Greenberg
Tully Harcsztark
Jay M. Harris
Eli Havivi
Tali Herenstein
Carolivia Herron
Miriam Holmes
Rita Jacobs
Robin Jacobson
Alan Kadish
Marc Katz
Sharon Keller
Jonathan Kirsch
Rebecca Kobrin
Carmel Krauss
Sacha Lamb
Faye Landes
Fred Lazin
Lauren Lerner
Linda Levi
Fred Levick
Sheri Levin
Judith Lieberman
Karen Medwed
Erika Meitner
Joshua Mikutis
Mike Miller
Debby Miller
Yair Mintzker
Lisa Moses-Leff
Karen Moss
Devin Naar
Beverly Nadel
Pam Nadell
Amy Oringel
Zibby Owens
Avinoam Patt
Annie Polland
Shari Rabin
Deborah Rabner
Ethel Rackin
Dana Raucher
Robert Rifkind
Isabelle Rohr
Judith Rosenbaum
Matthue Roth
Isaiah Rothstein
Amelia Saltsman
Jonathan Sarna
Shira Schindel
Emily Schneider
Jason Schneiderman
Rachel Schultz
Lacey Schwartz
Amir Shaviv
Karen Shawn
Bill Shulman
Lisa Silverman
Rena Singer
Brian Smollett
Amy Spungen
Lilian Stern
Darin Strauss
Cathy Sussman
Regina Tapoohi
Shelby Tauber
Susan Tourial
Michael Twitty
Mike Uram
Jane Weitzman
Lenore Weitzman
Alan Wiener
Molly Yeh
Jeffrey Yoskowitz
Maayan Zik
Etta Zimmerman
Naming Opportunities
There are naming opportunities for the following award categories
- Middle Grade Literature
- Visual Arts
- Young Adult Literature
For further information about naming opportunities call Naomi Firestone-Teeter at (212) 201‑2921.