Jew­ish Book Coun­cil announced the win­ners of the 2020 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards, now in its sev­en­ti­eth year. The New Jewish Canon by Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin was named a finalist in the “Modern Jewish Thought and Experience” category. Moral­i­ty: Restor­ing the Com­mon Good in Divid­ed Times by Rab­bi Jonathan Sacks z”l was named the Everett Fam­i­ly Foun­da­tion Book of the Year.

Read the full list of winners and finalists

About Jew­ish Book Coun­cil: Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is a non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to edu­cat­ing, enrich­ing, and strength­en­ing the com­mu­ni­ty through Jew­ish lit­er­a­ture.

About the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards: The Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards were estab­lished by Jew­ish Book Coun­cil in 1950 in order to rec­og­nize out­stand­ing works of Jew­ish lit­er­a­ture. It is the longest-run­ning awards pro­gram of its kind.