Bari Weiss, Deborah Lipstadt, and Etgar Keret receive honors; Tablet’s Newish Jewish Encyclopedia is a finalist.
The Jewish Book Council’s annual magazine is a smart and gorgeous treat
‘Israel’ writer Daniel Gordis, novelist Michael Chabon, poet Stanley Moss, and children’s author Deborah Levy are among this year’s honorees
‘Paper Brigade’ is named after the group of Jewish writers from the Vilna Ghetto who secretly rescued thousands of Jewish books from the Nazis
The American University professor’s research on a morally-compromised collector of Judaica picked up the prestigious award this week
Shulem Deen, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, and Laura Amy Schlitz are among the winners
It’s Jewish Book Month, a tradition begun in 1925 that today is run by the Jewish Book Council
Picks from new Jewish Book Council head Naomi Firestone-Teeter
Debut story collection about Mizrahi Jews nabs $100,000 literary award
Boris Fishman, Molly Antopol among those up for $100,000 literary award
This year’s selections recognize diversity of Jewish Soviet emigré literature
Graphic pinpoints iconic scenes from novels, writers’ homes, and more
Yossi Klein Halevi, Amos Oz, and Ari Shavit take home top 2013 honors
Books on Jewish bootleggers, the Aleppo Codex, and the Vilna Gaon honored
The National Jewish Book Awards, given out last night, host America’s most lucrative literary prize
A Tablet favorite Jewish Jocks is among the winners
Plus Settlers of Canaan, Myra Kraft honored, and more
2011 National Jewish Book Awards announced