2014 National Jewish Book Award

Awards List

Children's Illustrated

The Patchwork Torah
(Winner)
Allison Ofanansky

The Whispering Town
(Finalist)
Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren

Never Say a Mean Word Again
(Finalist)
Jacqueline Jules

Children/Young Adult

Storm
(Finalist)
Donna Jo Napoli

I Lived on Butterfly Hill
(Finalist)
Marjorie Agosin

Tucson Jo
(Finalist)
Carol Matas

Debut Fiction

The Mathematician's Shiva
(Winner)
Stuart Rojstaczer

You Shall Know Our Names
(Finalist)
Ezekiel Nieto Benzion

The UnAmericans: Stories
(Finalist)
Molly Antopol

The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
(Finalist)
Eve Harris

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
(Finalist)
Susan Jane Gilman

Fiction

The Betrayers
(Winner)
David Bezmozgis

The UnAmericans: Stories
(Finalist)
Molly Antopol

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
(Finalist)
Joshua Ferris

A Replacement Life
(Finalist)
Boris Fishman

The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.
(Finalist)
Gina B. Nahai

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

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

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