National Jewish Book Awards: Women's Studies

National Jewish Book Awards: Women's Studies recognizes women's studies books represented in The Book Prize Index.

NonfictionAward

Winners: 23
Finalists: 0
Shortlisted: 0
Longlisted: 0
First year: 1998
Latest year: 2024
Books: 23

Deadline

Not yet sourced

Prize amount

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Criteria / coverage

Active years represented: 1998-present. Barbara Dobkin Award. 23 rows through 2024.

Source coverage

100%

Sourced records

23 of 23

Official site

Open source

Submission info

Open source

Prize history

Holy Rebellion: Religious Feminism and the Transformation of Judaism and Women’s Rights in IsraelRonit Irsahi, Tanya Zion-Waldoks

2024

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Unknown

Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the HolocaustRobin Judd

2023

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Unknown

Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle AgesElisheva Baumgarten

2022

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University of Pennsylvania Press

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s GhettosJudy Battalion

2021

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Unknown

The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five ObjectsLaura Arnold Leibman

2020

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Unknown

Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov MovementNaomi Seidman

2019

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Unknown

Never a NativeAlice Shalvi

2018

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Orion

The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the RabbinateRebecca Einstein Schorr

2016

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Unknown

Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi RuleBeverley Chalmers

2015

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Unknown

A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987Kathryn Hellerstein

2014

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Unknown

Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940Melissa R. Klapper

2013

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New York University Press

The Men's Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian WorldElana Maryles Sztokman

2012

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Winner

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Unknown

The JPS Bible Commentary: RuthTamara Cohn Eskenazi, Tikva Frymer-Kensky

2011

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Unknown

Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, Volume OnePauline Wengeroff, Shulamit S. Magnus

2010

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Unknown

Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in BrooklynAyala Fader

2009

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Unknown

A Jewish Woman's Prayer BookAliza Lavie

2008

Result

Winner

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Unknown

Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and AccommodationTova Hartman

2007

Result

Winner

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Unknown

Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in JudaismShaye J. D. Cohen

2006

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University of California Press

The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to GuiltRuth Andrew Ellenson

2005

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Plume

Gender and Israeli Society: Women's Time (Journal of Israeli History)Hannah Naveh

2004

Result

Winner

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Unknown

Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their StoriesTikva Frymer-Kensky

2002

Result

Winner

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Unknown

Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in IsraelSusan Martha Kahn

2000

Result

Winner

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Unknown

Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (2-volume set)Paula E. Hyman

1998

Result

Winner

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Unknown

Year	Result	Book	Author	Imprint
2024	Winner	Holy Rebellion: Religious Feminism and the Transformation of Judaism and Women’s Rights in Israel	Ronit Irsahi, Tanya Zion-Waldoks	Unknown
2023	Winner	Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust	Robin Judd	Unknown
2022	Winner	Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages	Elisheva Baumgarten	University of Pennsylvania Press
2021	Winner	The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos	Judy Battalion	Unknown
2020	Winner	The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects	Laura Arnold Leibman	Unknown
2019	Winner	Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement	Naomi Seidman	Unknown
2018	Winner	Never a Native	Alice Shalvi	Orion
2016	Winner	The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate	Rebecca Einstein Schorr	Unknown
2015	Winner	Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule	Beverley Chalmers	Unknown
2014	Winner	A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987	Kathryn Hellerstein	Unknown
2013	Winner	Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940	Melissa R. Klapper	New York University Press
2012	Winner	The Men's Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World	Elana Maryles Sztokman	Unknown
2011	Winner	The JPS Bible Commentary: Ruth	Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Tikva Frymer-Kensky	Unknown
2010	Winner	Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, Volume One	Pauline Wengeroff, Shulamit S. Magnus	Unknown
2009	Winner	Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn	Ayala Fader	Unknown
2008	Winner	A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book	Aliza Lavie	Unknown
2007	Winner	Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation	Tova Hartman	Unknown
2006	Winner	Why Aren't Jewish Women Circumcised?: Gender and Covenant in Judaism	Shaye J. D. Cohen	University of California Press
2005	Winner	The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt	Ruth Andrew Ellenson	Plume
2004	Winner	Gender and Israeli Society: Women's Time (Journal of Israeli History)	Hannah Naveh	Unknown
2002	Winner	Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories	Tikva Frymer-Kensky	Unknown
2000	Winner	Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel	Susan Martha Kahn	Unknown
1998	Winner	Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (2-volume set)	Paula E. Hyman	Unknown