The Canadian Jewish Book Awards celebrates excellence in Canadian writing that reflects Jewish themes and subjects in history, fiction, Yiddish, and other fields. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the prestigious awards with a rousing evening of award presentations. Featuring humourist and scholar, Michael Wex as the guest speaker. Wex is the best-selling author of Born to Kvetch and Just Say Nu.
Canadian Jewish Book Awards Winners:
Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in History
Kasztner’s Train: The True Story of Rezsö Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
By Anna Porter
Publisher: Douglas & MacIntyre
Abe and Fay Bergel Award in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject
Converts, Heretics, and Lepers: Maimonides and the Outsider
By James Diamond
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Abraham and Eve Trapunski Prize in Yiddish Literature and Translation from Yiddish
Representing the Immigrant Experience: Morris Rosenfeld and the Emergence of Yiddish Literature in America
By Marc Miller
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Canadian Jewish News Award in Poetry
Laike and Nahum: A Poem in Two Voices
By Ruth Panofsky
Publisher: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Youth Literature
Out of Line: Growing up Soviet
By Tina Grimberg
Publisher: Tundra Books
Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction
A Sharp Intake of Breath
By John Miller
Publisher: The Dundurn Group
Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust Memoir and Literature
Bits and Pieces
By Henia Reinhartz
Publisher: The Azrieli Foundation
Samuel and Rose Cohen Memorial Award in Biography/Memoir
They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust
By Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Publisher: University of California Press
Meet the Jury for the Canadian Jewish Book Awards
View the Press Release Announcing the Winners
Meet the Winners
Learn about the Winning Books