On January 11 Francine Klagsbrun’s, Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel was named the Book of the Year by the Jewish Book Council. This prodigious work differs from previously published biographies of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, because of the access the author had to key archives that have become declassified. In addition, over a period of 30 years Klagsbrun augmented her research by spending time with Meir’s children, personal assistant, family friends and bodyguards.  

Since 1950 the Jewish Book Council has been presenting National Jewish Book Awards to recognize outstanding literature, and to encourage continuous authorship on themes of Jewish interest. Books must be primarily printed in English and distributed in the United States.

Jewish Book Council 2017 Award Winners

In These Additional Categories:

Fiction

A Horse Walks Into A Bar

Grossman, David,

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Holocaust Award 

The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis

Fishman, David E., 1957-

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Debut Fiction

 

Barren Island

Zoref, Carol,

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Poetry

 

Waiting for the Light

Ostriker, Alicia,

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Children’s Literature

 

The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew

Michelson, Richard

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Young Adult Literature

 

Refugee

Gratz, Alan

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Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir 

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

Eger, Edith Eva,

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Education and Jewish Identity

The Origin of the Jews: the Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age

Weitzman, Steven, 1965-

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History 

The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: the Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteen-Century Court Jew

Mintzker, Yair,

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