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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, Daniel Scheide.
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.
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Judaica
Reference and Bibliography Award Winners
2011
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Reference Award
The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World / edited by Dr. Norman Stillman. Leiden: Brill, 2010.
Bibliography Award
Bibliography of Jews in the Islamic World / edited by Maria Angeles Gallego, Heather Bleaney, Pablo Garcia Suárez. Leiden: Brill, 2010.
Honorable Mention
The Eerdman’s Dictionary of Early Judaism / edited by John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow. |
2010
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Reference Award
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945. Bloomington, Ill.: Indiana University Press in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2009.
Bibliography Body-of-Work Award
Yossi Galron, Head of the Hebraica and Jewish Studies Library at The Ohio State University Libraries |
2009
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Dating system changed this year to reflect year in which award is announced instead of year of publication. Award-giving did NOT skip a year. |
2008
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Reference Award
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe / Gershon David Hundert. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 2008.
Bibliography Award
Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue / Binyamin Richler, Malachi Beit‐Arié, and Nurit Pasternak. Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2008.
Bibliography Honorable Mention
The Book of Esther: a Classified Bibliography / Edith Lubetski and Meir Lubetski. Bible bibliographies. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008. |
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.
Special Body-of-Work Citation
Avotaynu, Inc. |
| 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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