JPS Announces its 2009 National Jewish Book Award Recipients
January 14, 2010The Jewish Publication Society is proud to acknowledge that a number of our books and authors have been named award winners and finalists of the 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, chosen by the Jewish Book Council.
The JPS Illustrated Children’s Bible by Ellen Frankel with illustrations by Avi Katz was named a 2009 National Jewish Book Award Winner in the category of Illustrated Children’s Books, as well as a finalist in the category of Jewish Family Literature. Acclaimed storyteller and Jewish scholar Ellen Frankel tailored 53 Bible stories that both delight and educate today’s young readers. And with his enticing, full-page color illustrations of each Bible story, award-winning artist Avi Katz captures the vivid personalities and many dramatic moments in this extraordinary collection.
Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Spring and Summer Holidays: Passover, the Omer, Shavuot, Tisha B’Av by Paul Steinberg; Janet Greenstein Potter, ed. was named a 2009 National Jewish Book Award Winner in the category of Jewish Family Literature. Steinberg shares a collection of readings from many of the Jewish greats, and guides the reader in discovering the treasures within each text.
Subversive Sequels in the Bible by Judy Klitsner was named a 2009 National Jewish Book Award Winner in the category of Scholarship. Klitsner draws bold, surprising parallels between biblical passages, revealing previously unexcavated layers of meaning. The result is a series of fresh and original readings of familiar narratives, accessible to both novice and experienced readers of the Bible.
Meneket Rivkah: A Manual of Wisdom and Piety for Jewish Women by Rivka Bat Meir, Translated from the original Yiddish to German, with introduction and commentary by Frauke Von Rohden, was named a 2009 National Jewish Book Award Finalist in the category of Women’s Studies. The first-known Yiddish book to be written by a woman, Meneket Rivkah reveals a great deal about 16th- and 17th -century Jewish women’s lives and religious practices.
Each year, the National Jewish Book Awards honor some of the best and most exciting authors in the field of Jewish literature. The program began in 1948, and is the longest running North American awards program of its kind in the field of Jewish literature. The National Jewish Books Awards ceremony will take place on March 9, 2010 at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.
