2006 National Jewish Book Award

Awards List

Anthologies

Scribblers on the Roof: Contemporary American Jewish Fiction
(Finalist)
Melvin Jules Bukiet

Children's Illustrated

Across the Alley
(Finalist)
Richard Michelson

Children/Young Adult

The Book Thief
(Winner)
Markus Zusak

Solomon and the Ant: And Other Jewish Folktales
(Finalist)
Sheldon Oberman

Fiction

Accidents
(Finalist)
Yael Hedaya

Golden Country
(Finalist)
Jennifer Gilmore

Jewish Family Literature

Lilith's Ark: Teenage Tales of Biblical Women
(Winner)
Deborah Bodin Cohen

Solomon and the Ant: And Other Jewish Folktales
(Finalist)
Sheldon Oberman

Scholarship

Tales from Eastern Europe
(Finalist)
Dan Ben-Amos

Sephardic Culture

Tales from Eastern Europe
(Winner)
Dan Ben-Amos

Award Categories

Anthologies

Anthology/Collection

Children's Illustrated

Children's Literature

Children's Picture

Children/Young Adult

Debut Fiction

Education/Identity

Fiction

First-Time Author

Jewish Family Literature

Jewish Thought

Scholarship

Sephardic Culture

Sephardic Studies

Women's Studies

Yiddish

Young Adult

Award Years

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

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