Koret Jewish Book Award

Koret Jewish Book Award

The Koret Jewish Book Award is an annual award that recognizes "recently published books on any aspect of Jewish life in the categories of biography/autobiography and literary studies, fiction, history and philosophy/thought published in, or translated into, English." The award was established in 1998 by the Koret Foundation, in cooperation with the the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, to increase awareness of the best new Jewish books and their authors. [ [http://www2.jewishculture.org/awards/awards_koretaward.html Koret Jewish Book Award] , National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Accessed February 19, 2008.]

The Koret Jewish Book Award is one of the highest honors for authors of works on Jewish subjects. [Rappaport, Scott. [http://currents.ucsc.edu/04-05/04-04/lecture.asp "Jewish studies to host lecture by winner of 2005 Koret history book prize"] , "UC Santa Cruz Currents", April 4, 2005. Accessed February 19, 2008. "The Koret Jewish Book Award is considered to be one of the highest honors for authors writing prose on Jewish themes."]

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* [http://www2.jewishculture.org/awards/awards_koretaward.html Koret Jewish Book Award]


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