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program of

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s, managed, produced and presented annually by the

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to works judged to be the year's best works of literature by

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writers or on Jewish cultural and historical topics. In December 2014, The Koffler Centre of the Arts announced that the Awards were being "put on hiatus for 2015 and will resume, invigorated and reinvented, in 2016" as the Koffler recalibrates and revamps several of its current programs.
", ''Koffler Centre of the Arts announces its Winter/Spring 2015 programs in visual arts, literary and live performance , Press Release'', 17 Dec 2014. In its place, a group of jury members formed the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards for 2015. In February 2016, after a one-year hiatus, the Koffler Centre of the Arts relaunched the awards as the

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. The new awards have five categories, each with a $10,000 prize. # Fiction # Non-Fiction # History # Young Adult/Children's Literature # Poetry (awarded every three years)

List of winners of the Canadian Jewish Book Awards (1989 - 2014)

1989

*Jewish Book Committee Award: Szloma Renglich, ''When Paupers Dance'' *Joseph Tannenbaum Award: Michael R. Marrus, ''The Holocaust in History''

1990

*Yiddish Literature: Simcha Simkhovitch, ''Tzaar un Treist'' *Excellence in Scholarship on a Canadian Jewish Subject: Michael Greenstein, ''Third Solitudes: Tradition and Discontinuity in Jewish Canadian Literature'' *Creative Writing: J. J. Steinfeld, ''Forms of Captivity and Escape'' *Joseph Tanenbaum Holocaust Book Award: Harold Troper and

Morton Weinfeld Morton Irwin Weinfeld (born 1949) is a Canadian sociologist, who has conducted studies on Canadian Jewry. He is chair in Canadian ethnic studies and former chairman of the sociology department at McGill University. Weinfeld was born to Polish Jew ...

, ''Old Wounds: Jews, Ukrainians and the Hunt for Nazi War Criminals in Canada''

1991

*Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Rabbinic Scholarship: Martin Lockshin, ''Rabbi Samuel Ben Meir's Commentary on Genesis'' *Non-fiction:

Miriam Waddington Miriam Waddington (née Dworkin; 23 December 1917 – 3 March 2004) was a Canadian poet, short story writer and translator. She was part of a Montreal literary circle that included F. R. Scott, Irving Layton and Louis Dudek. Biography Miria ...

, ''Apartment Seven: Essays Selected and New'' *Poetry: Kenneth Sherman, ''Jackson's Point'' *Joseph Tanenbaum Holocaust Book Award: Ibolya Grossman, ''An Ordinary Woman in Extraordinary Times''

1992

*Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Biblical and Rabbinic Scholarship: Rabbi Gedalia Felder, ''Yasodei Yeshurun: A Collection of Comments and Notes on Masechet Avat'' *Book Committee Award for Yiddish: Peretz Miransky, ''A Zemer Fun Demer'' *The Book Committee Award for Creative Writing (Fiction): Morley Torgov, ''Saint Farb's Day'' *The Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Award for Poetry: Simcha Simkhovitch, ''Selected Poems'' *Joseph Tanenbaum Holocaust Book Award: Karolina and , ''Our Journey in the Valley of Tears'' *Literary Criticism: Rachel Feldhay Brenner, ''A.M.Klein: The Father of Canadian Jewish Literature''

1993

*Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Biblical and Rabbinic Scholarship: Rabbi J. Schochet, ''Mashiach: The Principle of Mashiach and the Messianic in Jewish Law and Tradition'' *Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Award for Yiddish: Sam Simchovitz, ''Stepchild on the Vistula'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Creative Writing: Shel Krakofsky, ''The Reversible Coat'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Autobiography / Memoir: Eta Fuchs Berk and Gilbert Allardyce, ''Chosen: A Holocaust Memoir'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Historical Scholarship:

Alan Davies Alan Roger Davies (; ; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He is known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series ''Jonathan Creek'' (1997–2016) and as the only permanen ...

, ''Anti-Semitism in Canada'' *Drs Andrzej and Jus Holocaust Literature Award: David Smuschkowitz, Peter Silverman, Peter Smuszkowicz ''From Victims to Victors'' *History Award: Michael R. Marrus, ''Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman''

1994

*Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Biblical and Rabbinic Scholarship: Rabbi Chaim Nussbaum, ''Semblance and Reality'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award for Scholarship on a Canadian Jewish Subject:

Esther Delisle Esther Delisle (born 1954) is a Canadian historian and author. Biography Born and raised in Quebec City, she completed her BA and MA in political science at Université Laval and taught political theory at a CEGEP, and also worked as a researc ...

, ''The Traitor and the Jew'' *Nachman Sokol Memorial Award for Canadian Jewish History: Gerald Tulchinsky, ''Taking Root'' *Henry Fuerstenberg Memorial Award for Creative Writing in Poetry:

Seymour Mayne Seymour Mayne (born 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian author, editor, translator of more than seventy books and monographs, and creative writing professor at the University of Ottawa. As he has written about the Jewish Canadian poets, his w ...

, ''Killing Time'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Creative Writing in Fiction: Abraham Boyarsky, ''The Number Hall'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Creative Writing in Fiction: Szloma Renglich, ''In the Heart of Warsaw'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Journal / Memoir:

Eli Rubenstein Eli Rubenstein (born in 1959) is a Holocaust educator, writer, storyteller, filmmaker, and activist. He is currently the religious leader of Congregation Habonim Toronto, a Toronto synagogue founded by Holocaust survivors, served as the Directo ...

, ''For You Who Died I Must Live On...Reflections on the March of the Living'' *Joseph and Faye Tannenbaum Memorial Award for Cultural History:

Ivan Kalmar Ivan Kalmar (born February 13, 1948) is a Czechoslovakian-born Canadian professor. Early life Soon after Kalmar was born in Prague, his family moved to Komárno, and later to Bratislava. When he was seventeen, he left what was then Czechoslo ...

, ''The Trotskys, Freuds and Woody Allens'' *Drs Andrzej and Jus Holocaust Literature Award: Ariella B. Samson, ''A Letter from My Father''

1995

*Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Torah Scholarship: Rabbi Aaron Levine, ''To Comfort the Bereaved'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award for Scholarship on a Canadian Jewish Subject: Andre Stein, ''Hidden Children; Forgotten Survivors of the Holocaust'' *Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Award for Original Translation from Yiddish: Sam Simchovitz, ''Stepchild on the Vistula'' *Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Award for Yiddish: Grunia Slutsky-Khon, ''Don't Look So Sad in the Window'' *Henry Fuerstenberg Memorial Award for Creative Writing in Poetry: Peter Ormshaw, ''The Purity of Arms'' *Rachel Bessin Memorial Award for Writing for Young People:

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was born in Warsaw, Poland, where she survived the Holocaust as a child, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto The Warsaw Ghetto (, officially , ; ) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was ...

, ''The Old Brown Suitcase'' *Jewish Book Committee Award for Fiction:

Cary Fagan Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, ''The Student,'' was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, ''My ...

, ''The Animal's Waltz'' *Joseph and Faye Tannenbaum Memorial Award for Holocaust Literature: Jack Kuper, ''After the Smoke Cleared''

1996

*Betty and Morris Aaron Prize for Biography or Memoir: Eva Brewster, ''Progeny of Light/Vanished in Darkness'' *Joseph and Fay Tannenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History: Sheldon J. Godfrey and Judith C. Godfrey, ''Search Out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America 1740-1867'' *Koffler Centre of the Arts President's Award for Jewish History:

Erna Paris Erna Paris (6 May 1938 – 3 February 2022) was a Canadian non-fiction author. Biography Erna Paris was born Erna Newman in Toronto to an essentially secular Jewish family. She was the niece of classical pianist Beth Lipkin. After earning a Ba ...

, ''The End of Days: A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny and the Expulsion of the Jew from Spain'' *Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Biblical Scholarship: Shoshana P. Zolty, ''And All Your Children Shall Be Learned'' *Harry and Florence Topper/ Milton Shier Prize for Original Translation from Yiddish: Frieda Forman, Ethel Raicus, Sarah Silverstein Swartz, Margie Wolfe, ''Found Treasures- Stories by Yiddish Women Writers'' *Henry Fuerstenberg Memorial Award for Creative Writing in Poetry: Shel Krakofsky, ''Blind Messiah'' *Louis Lockshin Memorial Award for Children's Literature: Gary Clement, ''Just Stay Put'' *Rachel Bessin Memorial Award for Writing for Young People: Walter Buchignani, ''Tell No One Who You Are'' *Bessie and Harry Frisch Memorial Award for Jewish Fiction: Agnes Jelhof Jensen, ''Dilemma'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award for Holocaust Literature: Eric Koch, ''Hilmar and Odette''

1997

*Joseph and Fay Tannenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History: Yves Lavertu, ''The Bernonville Affair'' *Joseph and Fay Tannenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History: Fraidie Martz, ''Open Your Hearts'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust History: Dr/ Felicia Carmelly, ''Shattered: 50 Years of Silence'' *Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Biblical Scholarship: Rabbi Steven Saltzman, ''A Small Glimmer of Light: Reflections on the Book of Genesis'' *Harry and Florence Topper/ Milton Shier Prize for Original Translation from Yiddish: Simcha Simchovitch, ''A Song Will Remain'' *Betty and Morris Aaron Prize for Scholarship on a Canadian Subject: Mervin Butovsky and Ira Robinson, ''Renewing Our Days'' *Henry Fuerstenberg Award for Poetry:

Roger Nash Roger Nash BA, MA, PhD (Exon) is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England on 3 November 1942. He grew up in England, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a B.A. from the University of Wales (1965) ...

, ''In the Kosher Chow Mein Restaurant'' *Louis Lockshin Memorial Award for Creative Writing in Poetry:

and B. Glen Rotchin, ''Jerusalem'' *Rachel Bessin/Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult Fiction:

Carol Matas Carol Matas is a Canadian writer. She has had more than forty-three books for young people published over several decades, including science fiction, fantasy, historical, contemporary, realistic fiction, historical fiction and foods science. Her ...

, ''After the War'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Prize for Fiction:

Anne Michaels Anne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, ...

, ''Fugitive Pieces'' *Koffler Centre of the Arts President's Award for Holocaust Literature: Manny Drukier, ''Carved in Stone''

1998

*Joseph and Fay Tannenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History:

and Marilyn Nefsky, ''How Silent Were the Churches'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust History:

Isabel Vincent Isabel Vincent (born 1965 in Toronto) a Canadian investigative journalist who writes for the ''New York Post'', is an alumna of the University of Toronto's ''The'' ''Varsity'' newspaper and the author of five books. Early life and education B ...

, ''Hitler's Silent Partners'' *Morris Winemaker Prize in Literary Criticism: Norman Ravvin, ''A House of Words'' *Penina Rubinoff Memorial Award for Biblical Scholarship: Martin Lockshin, ''Rashbaums's Commentary on Exodus'' *The Jewish Book Awards Committee Prize for Memoir/Biography: Rosalie Sharp,

Irving Abella Irving Martin Abella (July 2, 1940 – July 3, 2022) was a Canadian historian who served as a professor at York University from 1968 to 2013. He specialized in the history of the Jews in Canada and the Canadian labour movement. Early life Abe ...

, Edwin Goodman, ''Growing Up Jewish'' *Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Prize for Yiddish: Simcha Simchovitch, ''Funken in Zhar (Sparks in Embers)'' *Betty and Morris Aaron Prize for Scholarship on a Canadian Subject: Elizabeth Greene, ''We Who Can Fly'' *Henry Fuerstenberg Award for Poetry: Carol Rose, ''Behind The Blue Gate'' *Rachel Bessin/Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult Fiction:

, ''The Garden'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award for Holocaust Literature: Régine Robin, ''The Wanderer'' *Dorothy Schoichet President's Award for Holocaust Literature: Roma Karsh, ''Endless'' *Elie Wiesel Prize in Holocaust Memoir: Elaine Kalman Naves, ''Journey to Vaja'' *Elie Wiesel Prize in Holocaust Memoir: Vera Schiff, ''Theresienstadt''

1999

*Sam Bojman Memorial Prize in Jewish History: Noah N. Shneidman, ''Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius, a Personal Perspective'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust History:

Allan Levine Allan Levine (born February 10, 1956) is a Canadian author from Winnipeg, Manitoba, known mainly for his award-winning non-fiction and historical mystery writing. Life and works Levine attended the University of Manitoba and the University o ...

, ''Fugitives of the Forest'' *Louis L Lockshin Prize for Short Fiction: Nora Gold, ''Marrow and Other Stories'' *Morris Winemaker Prize in Literary Criticism: Kenneth Sherman, ''Void and Voice: Essays on Literary and Historical Currents'' *Dorothy Shiochet President's Award for Biblical and Rabbinic Scholarship: Rabbi

Elyse Goldstein Elyse Goldstein is a Canadian Reform rabbi. She is the first woman to be elected as president of the interdenominational Toronto Board of Rabbis and president of the Reform Rabbis of Greater Toronto. Early life and education Goldstein was bor ...

, ''ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens'' *Henry Fuerstenberg Award for Poetry:

Robin McGrath Robin McGrath (born March 29, 1949) is a Canadian writer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Aaron Peach"Robin McGrath (1949-)" ''Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador'', 2006. Early career The daughter of former Newfoundland politician Jame ...

, ''Escaped Domestics'' *Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult Fiction: Irene Watts, ''Goodbye Marianne'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction: Lilian Nattel, ''The River Midnight'' *Betty and Morris Aaron Prize for Holocaust Memoir: Elizabeth M. Raab, ''And Peace Never Came''

2000

*Louis L Lockshin Memorial Prize: Sarah Silberstein Swartz and Margie Wolfe, ''From Memory to Transformation: Jewish Women's Voices'' *The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History: Bruce Muirhead, ''Against The Odds: The Public Life and Times of Louis Rasminsky'' *Isaac Frischwasser Prize for Holocaust Memoir: Arthur Schaller, ''100 Cigarettes and a Bottle of Vodka'' *Dorothy Shoichet President's Prize for Feminist Jewish Literature:

Adele Reinhartz Adele Reinhartz (born 1953) is a Canadian academic and a specialist in the history and literature of Christianity and Judaism in the Greco-Roman period, the Gospel of John, early Jewish–Christian relations, literary criticism including femini ...

, ''Why Ask My Name? Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative'' *Penina Rubinoff Memorial Prize in Biblical/Rabbinic Scholarship: Shlomo Zalman Elazer Grafstein, ''Judaism's Bible: A New and Expanded Translation'' *Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Prize for Yiddish translation: Simcha Simchovitch, ''The Remnant'' *Henry Fuerstenberg and Betty and Morris Aaron Prize for Poetry:

and B. Glen Rotchin, ''A Rich Garland'' *Henry Fuerstenberg and Betty and Morris Aaron Prize for Poetry: Malca Janice Litovitz, ''To Light, To Water'' *Fanny Lidsky Memorial Prize for Young Adult Fiction:

Kathy Kacer Kathy Kacer (born 6 September 1954) is a Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction for children about The Holocaust, and has written one adult fiction book (''Restitution''). She has won several awards and her books have been translated into a v ...

, ''Gabi's Dresser'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction:

Nancy Huston Nancy Louise Huston, Order of Canada, OC (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English. Biography Huston was born in Calgary ...

, '' The Mark of the Angel'' *Abraham and Fay Bergel Prize for Holocaust history: Naomi Kramer and Ronald Headland, ''The Fallacy of Race and the Shoah''

2001

*Dorothy Shoichet Chairperson's Award for Jewish History:

, ''Long Shadows: Truth Lies and History'' *Louis L Lockshin Memorial Prize: Matt Cohen, ''Typing: A Life in 26 Keys'' *Canadian Jewish Book Awards Committee Prize:

Al Waxman Albert Samuel Waxman, (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor and director of over 1,000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series '' King of Kensington ...

, ''That's What I Am'' *The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History: Frank Bialystok, ''Delayed Impact: The Holocaust and the Canadian Jewish Community'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer First Novel Award: Michael Kaufman, ''The Possibility of Dreaming on a Night Without Stars'' *Penina Rubinoff Memorial Prize in Biblical Scholarship: Barry Dov Walfish, ''Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver'' *Morris Winemaker Prize in Scholarship on a Jewish Theme: Howard Margolian, ''Unauthorized Entry: The Truth about Nazi War criminals in Canada 1946-1956'' *Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Prize for Yiddish: Vivian Felsen. ''Montreal of Yesterday'' *Henry Fuerstenberg / Betty and Morris Aaron Poetry Award: Karen Shenfeld, ''The Law of Return'' *Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult Fiction: Irene Watts, ''Remember Me'' *The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust History: FC Decoste and Bernard Schwartz, ''The Holocaust's Ghost'' *Laks-Wajsfus Prize in World Jewish Culture: Dorion Liebgott, ''Art and Tradition'' *Abraham and Fay Bergel Prize for Holocaust Memoir: Gitel Donath, ''My Bones Don't Rest in Auschwitz''

2002

*The Abraham and Fay Bergel Prize in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject:

, ''Like Everyone Else- But Different'' *The Koffler Centre Presidents' Award for Biography/Memoir:

William Weintraub William Weintraub (February 19, 1926 – November 6, 2017) was a Canadian documentarian/filmmaker, journalist and author, best known for his long career with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Early life Weintraub was born in Montreal ...

, ''Getting Started'' *The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History: Janine Stingel, ''Social Discredit'' *The Nachman Sokol-Mollie Halberstadt Prize in Biblical Scholarship: Eric Lawee, ''Isaac Abarbanel's Stance Toward Tradition'' *The Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Award in Yiddish: Simcha Simchovich, ''The Song That Never Died'' *The Betty and Morris Aaron-Henry Fuerstenberg Poetry Prize:

Joseph Sherman Joseph Howard Sherman (1945 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia – January 9, 2006 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) was a Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. He was named to the Order of Canada The Order of Canada () is a Ca ...

, ''American Standard'' *The Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award in Children's Literature:

, ''The Market Wedding'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction:

Emma Richler Emma Richler (born 1961) is a British/Canadian writer. Biography Born in London, England, she is the daughter of author Mordecai Richler."And Emma makes five: Sister Crazy joins 'an embarrassment of Richlers'". ''Ottawa Citizen'', 6 May 2001. S ...

, ''Sister Crazy'' *The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Memoir: Rabbi Erwin Schild. ''The Very Narrow Bridge''

2003

*The Jack Chisvin Family Award in Holocaust Memoir: Joil Alpern, ''No One Awaiting Me: Two Brothers Defy Death During the Holocaust in Romania'' *The Abraham and Fay Bergel Prize in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: Adrienne Kertzner, ''My Mother's Voice: Children, Literature and the Holocaust'' *The Koffler Centre Presidents' Prize in History: Henry T. Aubin, ''The Rescue of Jerusalem: the Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 BC'' *The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History:

Theresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Classical Greek, Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...

and Albert Moritz, ''The World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman'' *The Nachman Sokol-Mollie Halberstadt Prize in Biblical/Rabbinic Scholarship: James Diamond, ''Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment'' *The Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Award in Yiddish Translation: Pierre Anctil, ''Le Montreal Juif Entre les Deux Guerres'' *The Louis Lockshin - Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Biography/Memoir: Vivian Kaplan, ''Ten Green Bottles: Vienna to Shanghai, Journey of Hope and Fear'' *The Betty and Morris Aaron - Henry Fuerstenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry: Ron Charach, ''Dungenessque'' *The Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award in Children's Literature: Karen Levine, ''Hana's Suitcase'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction:

Nancy Richler Nancy Richler (May 16, 1957 – January 18, 2018) was a Canadian novelist. Her novels won two international awards and were shortlisted for three others; Richler was also shortlisted for the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the Year awa ...

, ''Your Mouth is Lovely'' *The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Studies: N.N. Shneidman. ''The Three Tragic Heroes of the Vilnius Ghetto: Witenberg, Sheinbaum, Gens''

2004

*The Jack Chisvin Family Award in Holocaust Memoir: Henry Schogt, ''The Curtain: Witness and Memory in Wartime Holland'' *The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: Loren Lerner, ''Afterimage: Evocations of the Holocaust in Contemporary Canadian Arts and Literature'' *The Nachman Sokol-Chaim Yoel and Mollie Halberstadt Prize in Yiddish/ Translation from Yiddish: Simcha Simchovitch, ''Dem Netzach Antkegn: Gezamlte Lider and Out of the Abyss: Collected Poems'' *The Louis Lockshin - Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Biography/Memoir: Joel Yanofsky, ''Mordecai & Me: an Appreciation of a Kind'' *The Betty and Morris Aaron - Henry and Regina Fuerstenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry: Merle Nudelman, ''Borrowed Light'' *The Canadian Jewish News Prize in Children's literature: Aubrey Davis, ''Bagels From Benny'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction:

Kate Taylor Kate Taylor (born August 15, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She is the younger (and only) sister of singer-songwriter James Taylor. Biography Taylor was born in Boston and grew up with her four ...

, ''Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen'' *The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Studies: Lillian Boraks-Nemetz and Irene Watts, ''Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People'' *The Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award in Holocaust Literature: Ruth Mandel. ''How to Tell Your Children about the Holocaust''

2005

*The Jack Chisvin Family Award in Holocaust Memoir:

Jack Weiss Jack Stephen Weiss (born August 21, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and former politician. He is co-founder of BlueLine Grid alongside William Bratton and David Riker and is a former member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th ...

, ''Memories, Dreams and Nightmares'' *The Nachman Sokol-Chaim Yoel and Mollie Halberstadt Award in Biblical/ Rabbinic Scholarship: Martin Lockshin, ''Rashbam's Commentary on Deuteronomy'' *Abe and Fay Bergel Award in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: Richarda Menkis and Norman Ravin, ''The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader'' *Abraham and Eve Trapunski Prize in Yiddish Literature and Translation from Yiddish: Chava Rosenfarb and

Goldie Morgentaler Goldie Morgentaler (born 1950) is a Canadian Yiddish-to- English literary translator as well as a professor of English literature. She currently holds a professorship at the University of Lethbridge, where she teaches nineteenth-century British an ...

, ''Survivors'' *The Presidents' Award in History: Warren Bass, ''Support Any Friend'' *The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History: Jill Culiner, ''Finding Home'' *Jack Chisvin Family Award in Biography/Memoir:

James Laxer James Robert Laxer (22 December 1941 – 23 February 2018), also known as Jim Laxer, was a Canadian political economist, historian, public intellectual, and political activist who served as a professor at York University. Best known as co-f ...

, ''Red Diaper Baby'' *Canadian Jewish News Prize in Poetry: Isa Milman, ''Between the Doorposts'' *Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Children's Literature: Anne Dublin, ''Bobbie Rosenfeld'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction:

David Bezmozgis David Bezmozgis (; born 1973) is a Latvian-born Canadian writer and filmmaker, currently the head of Humber College's School for Writers. Life and career Educational background Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family when he was ...

, '' Natasha and Other Stories'' *The Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Memoir: Elaine K Naves, ''Shoshanna's Story'' *The Betty and Morris Aaron, Isaac Frischwasser, Louis L.Lockshin Memorial Prize in Holocaust Literature:

Lisa Appignanesi Lisa Appignanesi (born Elżbieta Borensztejn; 4 January 1946) is a Polish-born British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression. Until 2021, she was the Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a former President of ...

. ''The Memory Man''

2006

*The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Prize in Holocaust History: Sara Ginaite-Rubinson, ''Resistance and Survival'' *The Jack Chisvin Family Award in Holocaust Memoir:

, ''Memories, Dreams and Nightmares'' *The Nachman Sokol-Chaim Yoel and Mollie Halberstadt Award in Biblical/ Rabbinic Scholarship: Eliezer Segal, ''From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia'' *Abe and Fay Bergel Award in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: Richarda Menkis and Norman Ravin, ''The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader'' *Abraham and Eve Trapunski Prize in Yiddish Literature and Translation from Yiddish: Mervin Butovsky and Ode Garfinkle, ''The Journals of Yaacov Zipper 1950-82'' *The Isaac Frischwasser - Louis L. Lockshin Memorial Award in Poetry: Renee Norman, ''True Confessions'' *The Louis L. Lockshin and Brenda Freedman Memorial Prize in Poetry:

, ''September Rain'' *Canadian Jewish News Award in Biography/Memoir: Michael Posner, ''The Last Honest Man: Mordecai Richler, an Oral Biography'' *Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Youth Literature: Lynne Kositsky, ''The Thought of High Windows'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction: Edeet Ravel, ''A Wall of Light'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Memoir and Literature: Henia Reinhartz, ''Bits and Pieces''

2007

* The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Prize in Holocaust History:

Rosemary Sullivan Rosemary Sullivan (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist. She is also a professor emerita at University of Toronto. Biography Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois, Pointe-Claire, Valois on Lac Saint-Louis, just ou ...

, ''Villa Air-Bel'' * The Jack Chisvin Family Award in Holocaust Memoir/Literature:

Bernice Eisenstein Bernice may refer to: Places In the United States * Bernice, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Bernice, Louisiana, a town * Bernice, Nevada, a ghost town * Bernice, Oklahoma, a town * Bernice Coalfield, a coalfield in Sullivan County, Pennsy ...

, ''I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors'' * Abe and Fay Bergel Award in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject:

Michael Wex Michael Wex (born September 12, 1954) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, translator, lecturer, performer, and author of books on language and literature.Shirley Kumove, ''Drunk From the Bitter Truth; The Poems of Anna Margolin'' * Canadian Jewish News Award in Poetry: Rafi Aaron, ''Surviving the Censor: The Unspoken Words of Osip Mandelstam'' * Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Youth Literature:

, ''Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devora Bernstein'' * Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction: Susan Glickman, ''The Violin Lover'' * Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Memoir and Literature: Henia Reinhartz, ''Bits and Pieces'' * The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Biography/Memoir: Eric Koch, ''I Remember the Location - Exactly''

2008

*Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in History:

Anna Porter Anna Maria Porter is a Canadian publisher and novelist. Life and career Born Anna Szigethy in Budapest, Hungary, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1956. She received a bachelor's degree and Master of Arts degree from the University of Canterbury. ...

, ''Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezsö Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust'' *Abe and Fay Bergel Award in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: James Diamond, ''Converts, Heretics, and Lepers: Maimonides and the Outsider'' *Abraham and Eve Trapunski Prize in Yiddish Literature and Translation from Yiddish: Marc Miller, ''Representing the Immigrant Experience: Morris Rosenfeld and the Emergence of Yiddish Literature in America'' *Canadian Jewish News Award in Poetry: Ruth Panofsky, ''Laike and Nahum: A Poem in Two Voices'' *Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Youth Literature: Tina Grimberg, ''Out of Line: Growing up Soviet'' *Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction: John Miller, ''A Sharp Intake of Breath'' *Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Memoir and Literature: Henia Reinhartz, ''Bits and Pieces'' *Samuel and Rose Cohen Memorial Award in Biography/Memoir:

Mayer Kirshenblatt Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009) was a Polish-born Canadian self-taught painter and author of Jewish origin. Biography Mayer Kirshenblatt was born on September 4, 1916, in Opatów (Apt in Yiddish), to a middle class Jewish family. He attended a ...

and

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (born September 30, 1942, in Toronto, Ontario) is a scholar of Performance and Jewish Studies and a museum professional. Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at New York University, she is best known for her int ...

, ''They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust''

2009

*Biography and Memoir:

Peter C. Newman Peter Charles Newman (born Petr Karel Neumann; May 10, 1929 – September 7, 2023) was a Canadian journalist, editor and author. He interviewed and wrote about every Canadian prime minister from Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) to Paul Martin (2 ...

, ''Izzy: the Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada's Media Mogul'' *Fiction: Ami Sands Brodoff, ''The White Space Between'' *History:

Barrie Wilson Barrie A. Wilson is a Canadian Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Humanities and Religious Studies, York University, Toronto, where he has taught since 1974. An historian of religion, he specializes in movements in early Christianity. Throug ...

, ''How Jesus Became Christian'' *Holocaust Literature: Joseph Kertes, Gratitude *Poetry: Isa Milman, ''Prairie Kaddish'' *Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: Reinhold Kramer, ''Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urbain'' *Yiddish Literature: David G. Roskies, ''Yiddishlands: A Memoir'' *Youth Literature:

, ''The Diary of Laura's Twin''

2010

*Fiction:

, ''The Winterhouse'' *History:

, ''Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba'' *Holocaust Literature: Michael R. Marrus, ''Some Measure of Justice: The Holocaust Era Restitution Campaign of the 1990s'' *Youth Literature: Eva Wiseman, ''Puppet'' *Biography and Memoir:

David Sax David Sax (born 1979) is a Canadian journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sax has written for publications such as ''New York Magazine'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''Bloomberg Business Week'', ''The New York Times'', ''Saveur'', NPR, '' GQ'' and ''Toronto ...

, ''Save the Deli'' *Jewish Thought and Culture: Kenneth Sherman, ''What the Furies Bring'' *Scholarship on a Jewish Subject: Jeffrey Veidlinger, ''Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire'' *Yiddish Literature: Goldie Sigal, ''Stingy Buzi and King Solomon'' *Special Achievement Award:

Howard Engel Howard Engel CM (April 2, 1931 – July 16, 2019) was a Canadian mystery author and CBC producer who resided in Toronto, Ontario. He was famous for his Benny Cooperman detective series, set in the Niagara Region in and around the city of Grant ...

2011

*Fiction: Alison Pick, ''Far to Go'' *Politics and History:

Tarek Fatah Tarek Fatah ( Punjabi/Urdu: ; Pakistani-Canadian journalist">əteh">̪aɾɪk fətah/ [fəteh20 November 1949 – 24 April 2023) was a Pakistani Canadians">Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.Harold Troper, ''The Defining Decade: Identity, Politics, and the Canadian Jewish Community in the 1960s'' *Youth Literature: Judie Oron, ''Cry of the Giraffe''

2012

*Biography: Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson, ''A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch'' *Fiction:

, ''The Free World'' *History:

Denis Vaugeois Denis Vaugeois (born September 7, 1935) is a French language, French-speaking author, publisher and historian from Quebec, Canada. He also served as a National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from 1976 Quebec general ...

, ''Les Premiers Juifs d'Amérique 1760-1860: L'extraordinaire histoire de la famille Hart'' *Holocaust Literature: Eli Pfefferkorn, ''The Muselmann at the Water Cooler'' *Memoir:

Richard Marceau Richard Marceau (born August 25, 1970) is a Canadian former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament, who served as an MP for nearly nine years. He is now Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel for the Centre for Israel and Jewish A ...

, ''Juif, Une histoire québécoise'' *Poetry: S. Weilbach, ''Singing from the Darktime: A Childhood Memoir in Poetry and Prose'' *Scholarship: Kalman Weiser, ''Jewish People, Yiddish Nation: Noah Prylucki and the Folkists in Poland'' *Yiddish Literature: Rebecca Margolis, ''Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil: Yiddish Culture in Montreal, 1905-1945'' *Youth Literature: Lesley Simpson, ''Yuvi's Candy Tree''

2013

*Biography: Aili and Andres McConnon, '' Road to Valour: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation'' (Doubleday) *Fiction:

, ''The Imposter Bride'' (Harper Collins) *History:

Matti Friedman Matti Friedman () is a Canadian-Israeli journalist and author. He is an op-ed contributor for the ''New York Times'', and columnist for ''Tablet'' magazine. Biography Matti Friedman was born to a Canadian Jewish family and grew up in Toronto. ...

, '' The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible'' (Algonquin Books) *Holocaust Literature: Julija Šukys, ''Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Simaite'' (University of Nebraska Press) *Poetry: Isa Milman, ''Something Small To Carry Home'' (Quattro Books) *Scholarship: L. Ruth Klein, ''Nazi Germany, Canadian Responses: Confronting Antisemitism in the Shadow of War'' (McGill-Queen's University Press) *Yiddish: Pierre Anctil, '' Jacob-Isaac Segal 1869-1954, Un poète yiddish de Montréal et son milieu'' (Presses de l'Université Laval) *Children and Youth Literature: Sharon E. McKay, ''Enemy Territory'' (Annick Press)

2014

*Holocaust Literature: Ken Setterington, ''Branded by the

Pink Triangle A pink triangle is a symbol for the LGBT community. Initially intended as a badge of shame, it was later reappropriated as a positive symbol of self-identity. It originated in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s as one of the Nazi concentratio ...

'' (

Second Story Press Second Story Press is a book publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company is focused on feminism, focusing on books featuring strong female characters and exploring themes of social justice, human rights, and ability issue ...

) *Fiction: Kenneth Bonert, ''The Lion Seeker'' (Knopf Canada) *Yiddish: Frieda Forman, ''The Exile Book of Yiddish Women Writers'' ( Exile Editions) *Jewish Thought and Culture: Josh Lambert, ''Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture'' (

New York University Press New York University Press (or NYU Press) is a university press that is part of New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 ...

) *Poetry:

, Poetry, and

, Portraits, ''Correspondences'' (

McClelland and Stewart McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is owned by Penguin Random House of Canada, a branch of Penguin Random House, the international book publishing division of German media giant Bertelsmann. History It was founded ...

) *Scholarship: Albert Kaganovitch, ''The Long Life and Swift Death of the Jewish Reschitsa'' (The University of Wisconsin Press) *Biography/Memoir: Renée Levine Melammed, ''An Ode to Salonika: The Ladino Verses of Bouena Sarfatty'' (

Indiana University Press Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes ...

) *Youth:

, ''Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1948'' (Scholastic) *History: Jeffrey Veidlinger, ''In the Shadow of the Shtetl'' (Indiana University Press)

List of winners of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards (2015 - 2022)

2015

* Novel: Nora Gold, ''Fields of Exile'' (

Dundurn Press Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Hum ...

). * Scholarship: James A. Diamond, ''Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon'' (Cambridge University Press). * Biography/Memoir: Alison Pick, ''Between Gods: A Memoir'' (

Doubleday Canada Doubleday Canada is an imprint of the publishing company Penguin Random House Canada. The company used to be known as Forboys. It was incorporated in 1936, and since 1945 it has been known as Doubleday Canada Limited. In 1986 parent company Doubl ...

). * History: Joseph Hodes, ''From India to Israel: Identity, Immigration, and the Struggle for Religious Equality'' ( McGill-Queen's University Press). * Youth Literature: Suri Rosen, ''Playing with Matches'' (ECW Press). * Poetry: Robyn Sarah, ''My Shoes Are Killing Me'' (

Biblioasis Biblioasis is a Canadian independent bookstore and publishing company, based in Windsor, Ontario.Mireille Silcoff, ''Chez l'Arabe'' (House of Anansi). * Yiddish: Ruth Panofsky, ''The Collected Poems of Miriam Waddington: A Critical Edition'' (University of Ottawa Press).

2016

* Novel: Sigal Samuel, ''The Mystics of Mile End'' (

Freehand Books Freehand Books is a Canadian literary imprint started in 2007 by Broadview Press, a Canadian academic publisher. Freehand publishes literary fiction, literary non-fiction, memoir and poetry. In its first season in 2008, Freehand published ''Good To ...

). * Scholarship: Sarah Phillips Casteel, ''Calypso Jews: Jewishness in the Caribbean Literary Imagination'' (

Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...

). * Biography/Memoir: Howard Akler, ''Men of Action'' (

). * History: Michael Marrus, ''Lessons of the Holocaust'' (

University of Toronto Press The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911. The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar. Its first s ...

). * Youth Literature: Anne Dublin, ''44 Hours or Strike!'' (

). * Holocaust Literature:

Agata Tuszyńska Agata Tuszynska (born May 25, 1957) is a Polish writer, poet and journalist. Biography The daughter of Bogdan Tuszyński, sports reporter and historian, and Halina Przedborska journalist, Agata Tuszynska graduated from the prestigious Academy ...

, ''A Family History of Fear'' ( Knopf Canada). * Yiddish: Helen Mintz, translator, ''Vilna, My Vilna: Stories'' by Abraham Karpinowitz (

Syracuse University Press Syracuse University Press, founded in 1943, is a university press that is part of Syracuse University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Domestic distribution for the press is currently provided by the University of North ...

). * Jewish Thought and Culture: Julia Creet, Sara R. Horowitz and Amira Bojadzija-Dan, editors, '' H.G. Adler: Life, Literature, Legacy'' (

Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press is an American publishing house affiliated with Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. It publishes 70 new titles each year in the areas of continental philosophy, poetry, Slavic and German literary criticis ...

2017

* Novel: Gary Barwin, ''Yiddish for Pirates'' (Vintage Canada). * Scholarship: Joel Hecker, ''The

Zohar The ''Zohar'' (, ''Zōhar'', lit. "Splendor" or "Radiance") is a foundational work of Kabbalistic literature. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material o ...

'': Pritzker Edition, Vol 11 (Stanford University Press). * Biography/Memoir:

, '' Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story'' (Signal/McClelland & Stewart). * History: Roger Frie, ''Not In My Family: German Memory and Responsibility After the Holocaust'' (Oxford University Press). * Youth Literature: Eva Wiseman, ''Another Me'' (Tundra Books). * Poetry:

Stuart Ross Stuart Ross is a Canadian fiction writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor. Ross was born in Toronto's north end in 1959 and grew up in the Borough of North York. He began writing at a very young age and was first published at age ...

, ''A Sparrow Came Down Resplendent'' ( Wolsak & Wynn). * Holocaust Literature: Myrna Goldenberg, editor, ''Before All Memory Is Lost: Women's Voices from the Holocaust'' (

Azrieli Foundation David Joshua Azrieli (; 10 May 1922 – 9 July 2014) was an Israeli-Canadian tycoon, real estate developer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of in March 2013, he was ranked by Forbes as the ninth-wealthiest Canad ...

). * Yiddish: Rachel Seelig, ''Strangers in Berlin: Modern Jewish Literature Between East and West 1919-1933'' (University of Michigan Press). * Jewish Thought and Culture:

Chantal Ringuet Chantal Ringuet (born in Quebec City) is a Canadian scholar, award-winning author and translator. Biography After completing a Ph.D. in literary studies (2007, UQÀM, Honourable Mention), Ringuet has been a postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian stud ...

and Gérard Rabinovitch, editors, ''Les révolutions de

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, soc ...

'' (Presses de l'Université du Québec).

2018

* Fiction: Natalie Morrill, ''The Ghost Keeper'' (HarperCollins Patrick Crean Editions). * Memoir/Biography:

with Jordana Lebowitz, ''To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen’s Account of a War Criminal Trial'' (Second Story Press). * Poetry: Rebecca Păpacaru, ''The Panic Room'' (Nightwood Editions). * Yiddish:

, ''In Your Words: Translations from the Yiddish and the Hebrew'' (Ronald P. Frye & Co). * Scholarship: Daniel Kupfert Heller, ''Jabotinsky’s Children: Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism'' (Princeton University Press). * History: Pierre Anctil, ''Histoire des Juifs du Québec'' (Les éditions du Boréal). * Holocaust Literature:

Max Wallace Max Wallace is a New York Times-bestselling author and historian specializing in the Holocaust, human rights in sport, and popular culture. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, and long-time disability advocate. Literary works ''In the Name ...

, ''In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust'' (Allen Lane/PenguinRandom House Canada). * Children and Youth Fiction: Anne Renaud (author) and Richard Rudnicki (illustrator), ''Fania’s Heart'' (Second Story Press).

2019

* Fiction: Jennifer Robson, ''The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding'' (HarperCollins). * Memoir: Ayelet Tsabari, ''The Art of Leaving'' (Harper/Collins). * Biography: Alexandra Popoff, ''Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century'' (Yale University Press). * History: Matti Friedman, ''Spies of No Country: Behind Enemy Lines at the Birth of the Israeli Secret Service'' (Signal/McClelland & Stewart). * Children/Youth: Anne Dublin, ''A Cage Without Bars'' (Second Story Press). * Yiddish: Goldie Morgenthaler, translator, ''Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb'' (McGill-Queen’s University Press). * Scholarship: Michael Kater, ''Culture in Nazi Germany'' (Yale University Press). * Holocaust: Leonard and Edith Ehrlich, Carl S. Ehrlich, editor, ''Choices Under Duress of the Holocaust: Benjamin Murmelstein and the Fate of Viennese Jewry Volume I: Vienna'' (Texas Tech University Press).

2020

* Fiction: Abraham Boyarsky, ''Through Shadows Slow'' (8th House Publishing). * Jewish Thought and Culture: Tanhum Yoreh, ''Waste Not: A Jewish Environmental Ethic'' (SUNY Press). * Biography: Hernan Tesler-Mabé, ''Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor: Heinz Unger and His Search for Jewish Meaning, 1895–1965'' (Yale University Press). * History:

Derek Penslar Derek Jonathan Penslar, (born 1958) is an American-Canadian comparative historian with interests in the relationship between modern Israel and diaspora Jewish societies, global nationalist movements, European colonialism, and post-colonial state ...

, ''Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader'' (Yale University Press). * Children/Youth: Edeet Ravel, ''A Boy is Not a Bird'' (Groundwood Books). * Yiddish:

Ilan Stavans Ilan Stavans (born Ilán Stavchansky, 1961) is a Mexican-born Jewish-American writer and academic. He writes and speaks on American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures. He is the author of ''Quixote'' (2015) and a contributor to the ''Norton Antholog ...

and Josh Lambert, editors, ''How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish'' (Restless Books). * Scholarship:

David Novak David Novak, (born August 19, 1941) is an American Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law (Halakha). He is an ordained Conservative rabbi and holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies as Profe ...

, ''Athens and Jerusalem: God, Humans, and Nature'' (University of Toronto Press). * Poetry: Elana Wolff, ''Swoon'' (Guernica Editions). * Holocaust: Laurent Sagalovitsch, ''Le Temps des orphelins'' (Buchet/Chastel).

2021

* Fiction: Gary Barwin, ''Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy'' (Random House Canada). * Biography: Menachem Kaiser, ''Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). * Poetry: Lisa Richter, ''Nautilus and Bone'' (Frontenac House). * Children and Youth: Sigal Samuel, ''Osnat and Her Dove'' (Levine Querido). * Scholarship: Rebecca Clifford, ''Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust'' (Yale University Press). * Holocaust:

Judy Batalion Judy is a short form of the name Judith. Judy may refer to: Places * Judy, Kentucky, village in Montgomery County, United States * Judy Woods, woodlands in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Animals * Judy (dog) (1936–1950), ...

, '' The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos'' (William Morrow).

2022

* Fiction:

, ''Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart'' (Freehand Books). * Biography/Memoir: Charlotte Schallié, ''But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust'' (University of Toronto Press). * History: Jeffrey Veidlinger, ''In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust'' (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.). * Holocaust: Mark Celinscak, ''Kingdom of Night: Witnesses to the Holocaust'' (University of Toronto Press). * Poetry: Adam Sol, ''Broken Dawn Blessings'' (ECW Press). * Scholarship: Gregg E. Gardner, ''Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity'' (University of California Press). * Yiddish: Justin D. Cammy, translator and editor, ''From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony by Abraham Sutzkever'' (McGill-Queen’s University Press). * Youth Literature: Joanne Levy, ''Sorry for Your Loss'' (Orca Book Publishers).

2023

* Fiction: Lori Weber, ''The Ribbon Leaf'' (Red Deer Press) * Jewish Thought and Culture: Sara Ronis, ''Demons in the Details: Demonic Discourse and Rabbinic Culture in Late Antique Babylonia'' (University of California Press) * Biography:

Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie (; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is well known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career. His projects include cultural, ed ...

, If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture (Atlantic Monthly Press) * History: Doris L. Bergen, ''Between God and Hitler: Military Chaplains in Nazi Germany'' (Cambridge University Press.) * Children and Youth: Heather Camlot, ''The Prisoner and the Writer'' (Groundwood Books) * Poetry: Gary Barwin, ''The Most Charming Creatures'' (ECW Press) * Holocaust:

Josef Lewkowicz Josef Lewkowicz (15 March 1926 – 26 December 2024) was a Polish-born Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. Holocaust Lewkowicz was born in a shtetl in southeast Poland in 1926. At the age of 13, he witnessed the Nazi occupation of Poland. By the ...

, ''The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter'' (HarperCollins) * Scholarship: Derek Sayer, ''Postcards from Absurdistan: Prague at the End of History,'' (Princeton University Press) * Yiddish: Rebecca Margolis, ''Yiddish Lives On: Strategies of Language Transmission'' (McGill-Queen’s University Press) * Special Achievement Award: Michael Posner, ''Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories'' (Simon & Schuster) * Special Citation: Simon-Pierre Lacasse, ''Les Juifs de la Révolution tranquille : regards d’une minorité religieuse sur le Québec de 1945 à 1976'' (University of Ottawa Press)

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