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Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards

The AJL Judaica Reference Award, funded by Dr. Greta Silver of New York City, was established to encourage the publication of outstanding Judaica reference books.

The AJL Judaica Bibliography Award, funded by Eric Chaim Kline of Los Angeles, was established to encourage the publication of outstanding Judaica bibliographies.

Throughout most of a year, the chair of the Reference and Bibliography Awards Committee identifies new publications that may be suitable for consideration and writes to the publisher to request them. Publishers may submit books to the committee directly. Publishers wishing to submit books or inquire about the award should contact the Reference and Bibliography Awards Committee chair, James P. Rosenbloom.

The seal of the Association is awarded annually to the authors of the most distinguished contributions to Judaica reference published in the preceding year. The first AJL Judaica Reference Award was given in 1984. In some years, a special body-of-work citation is given as well.


Judaica Reference and Bibliography Award Winners
2007
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Reference Award
Writers in Yiddish / edited by Joseph Sherman. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007. (Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 333.)

Bibliography Award
Dictionary of Iberian Jewish and Converso Authors / by Norman Roth. Salamanca; Madrid: Aben Ezra Ediciones; Universidad Pontifica Salamanca, 2007.

Special Body-of-Work Citation
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at the University of Cambridge / Stefan Reif, Director Emeritus.

2006
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Reference Award
Milon le-tekstim Arviyim-Yehudiyim mi-Yeme ha-benayim = Qamus al-lughah al-Arabiyah al-Yahudiyah fi al-usur al-wusta = A Dictionary of Mediaeval Judaeo-Arabic texts / by Joshua Blau. Jerusalem: ha-Akademyah la-lashon ha-Ivrit; ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-Yisreelit le-madaim, 2006.

Bibliography Award
Ha-Sifriyah ha-Yehudit bi-yeme ha-benayim: reshimot sefarim mi-Genizat Kahir = The Jewish Library in the Middle Ages: Book Lists from the Cairo Genizah / by Nehemya Allony; edited by Miriam Frenkel and Haggai Ben-Shammai, with the participation of Moshe Sokolow. Jerusalem: Mekhon Ben-Tsevvi le-heker kehilot Yisrael ba-Mizrah, 2006. (Oriens yudaikus: sidrah 1, kerekh 3. [Oriens Judaicus: series 1, vol. 3]).

2005
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Reference Award
Leksikon ha-sipur ha-hasidi / Gedalyah Nigal. Jerusalem: ha-Makhon le-heker ha-sifrut ha-hasidit, 2005.

Bibliography Award
Sepulcra judaica: Bibliographie zu juedischen Friedhoefen und zu Sterben, Begraebnis und Trauer bei den Juden von der Zeit des Hellenismus bis zur Gegenwart = Jewish Cemeteries, Death, Burial and Mourning from the Period of Hellenism to the Present: A Bibliography / Falk Wiesemann. Essen: Klartext, 2005.

2004
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Reference Award
Jewish American Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests / Rosalind Reisner. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.

Bibliography Award
The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book: An Abridged Thesaurus / by Marvin J. Heller. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2004

2003 Reference Award
Dicionario sefaradi de sobrenomes : inclusive cristao novos, conversos, marranos, italianos, berberes e sua historia na Espanha, Portugal e Italia = Dictionary of Sephardic surnames : including Christianized Jews, Conversos, Marranos, Italians, Berbers, and their history in Spain, Portugal and Italy / Guilherme Faiguenboim, Paulo Valadares, Anna Rosa Campagnano, editors. Rio de Janeiro, RJ : Fraiha, 2003.

Bibliography Award
Holocaust Literature : An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work / S. Lillian Kremer, editor. New York : Routledge, 2003.

2002 Reference Award
Sephardic Genealogy : Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their World / by Dr. Jeffrey S. Malka. Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu, 2002.

Bibliography Award
Isaac Bashevis Singer : A Bibliography of His Works in Yiddish and English, 1960-1991 / by Roberta Saltzman. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

2001 Reference Award
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust / edited by Shmuel Spector and Geoffrey Wigoder. New York: New York University Press, 2001

Bibliography Award
Jewish Serials of the World : A Supplement to the Research Bibliography of Secondary Sources / compiled by Robert Singerman. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001.

2000 Reference Award
A History and Guide to Judaica Dictionaries and Concordances / by Shimeon Brisman. Hoboken: KTAV. 2000

Bibliography Award
Breslav, Bibliyografyah Mu'eret : R. Nahman mi-Breslav Toldotav u-Morashto ha Sifrtutit: Sifre Talmidav ve-Talmide Talmidav: Hassidut Breslav u-Sevivoteha / David Assaf. Jerusalem: Merkaz Zalman Shazar, 2000. 
[English title: Bratslav: An Annotated Bibliography.]

1999 Reference Award
Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova : Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories / by Miriam Weiner in cooperation with the Ukrainian State Archives and the Moldovan National Archives. Secaucus, N.J.: Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation; New York,  N.Y.: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, c1999. (The Jewish genealogy series)

Bibliography Award
Printing the Talmud : A History of the Individual Treatises Printed from 1700 to 1750 / by Marvin J. Heller. 
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999. (Brill's series in Jewish studies, vol. 21)

1998 Reference Award
Guide to the YIVO Archives / compiled and edited by Fruma Mohrer and Marek Web. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, c1998.

Bibliography Award
Solomon ibn Gabirol : A Bibliography of his Poems in Translation / compiled and edited by Isaac Goldberg. Washington, D.C.: Word Works, 1998.

1997 Reference Award
Jewish Women in America : An Historical Encyclopedia / edited by Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore ; sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society. New York: Routledge, 1997.

Bibliography Award
American Jewish Liturgies : A Bibliography of American Jewish Liturgy from the Establishment of the Press in the Colonies through 1925 / Sharona R. Wachs; historical introduction, Karla Goldman; liturgical introduction, Eric L. Friedland. Cincinnati, OH : Hebrew Union College Press, 1997. (Bibliographica Judaica, ISSN 0067-6853; 14)

1996 Reference Award
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland / by Alexander Beider. Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, 1996.

Bibliography Award
A Bibliography of Jewish Education in the United States / compiled and edited by Norman Drachler. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, in association with the American Jewish Archives, 1996.

1995 Reference Award
Jewish American Women Writers : A Bio-Bibliographical and Critical Sourcebook / Ann R. Shapiro, editor in chief; Sara R. Horowitz, advisory editor for fiction; Ellen Schiff, advisory editor for drama; Miriyam Glazer, advisory editor for poetry. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994.

Bibliography Award
Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections / by Benjamin Richler. Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994.

Special Body-of-Work Citation
Judaica Americana : An Annotated Bibliography of Publications from 1960-1990, by [the late] Nathan M. Kaganoff , preface by Jonathan Sarna. Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Publishing, Inc., 1995.

1994

Reference Award
The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography / Jacob Rader Marcus, editor; Judith M. Daniels, associate editor. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Publishing, 1994. 2 volumes.

Bibliography Award
Antisemitism : An Annotated Bibliography / Susan Sara Cohen, editor. New York: Garland Publishing, 1987-1994. 3 volumes.

1993

Reference Award (2 winners this year)
Judaica Reference Sources: A Selective, Annotated Bibliographic Guide / Charles Cutter, Micha Falk Oppenheim. 2nd ed. Juneau, Alaska, USA : Denali Press, 1993.

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer / by Macy Nulman. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, 1993.

Bibliography Award
Yiddish Linguistics : A Multilingual Bibliography / by Joan G. Bratkowsky. New York: Garland Publishing, 1988.

1992

Reference Award
Jewish-American History and Culture : An Encyclopedia / edited by Jack Fischel and Sanford Pinsker. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.

Bibliography Award
Bibliography on Holocaust Literature / by Abraham J. Edelheit and Hershel Edelheit. Boulder: Westview Press, 1990-1993. 2 volumes.

1991

Reference Award
Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust / Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1991.

Bibliography Award
Jewish American Fiction Writers : An Annotated Bibliography / by Gloria L. Cronin, Blaine H. Hall, Connie Lamb. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991.

1990

Reference Award
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust /Israel Gutman, editor in chief. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990. 4 volumes.

Bibliography Award
Judaica Americana : A Bibliography of Publications to 1900 / compiled by Robert Singerman. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. 2 volumes.

1989 Reference Award
The Talmud = [Talmud Bavli] : The Steinsaltz Edition : A Reference Guide. 1st American ed. New York: Random House, c1989-
1988 Reference Award
Yiddish Linguistics: A Multilingual Bibliography / Joan Gloria Bratkowsky. New York: Garland Pub., 1988. (Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 140)
1987 Reference Award (Harold Mason Judaica Reference Award)
A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons / Shimeon Brisman. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1987. (Bibliographica Judaica; 11)
1986 Reference Award
Leksikon fun Yidish-shraybers: Mit Hesofes un Tikunim tsum Leksikon fun der nayer Yidisher Literature, un 5,800 Psevdonimen / by Berl Kagan. New York: R. Ilman-Kohen, 1986.
1984 Reference Award
Josephus and Modern Scholarship, 1937-1980 / Louis H. Feldman. Berlin; New York: W. de Gruyter, 1984.

 

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