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 Rabbi Ellenson and his daughter, Ruth Andrew Ellenson, awarded 2005 National Jewish Book Awards JTA - Breaking News -- February 23, 2006 Father, daughter win book awards A father and his daughter are among the 19 winners of the 2005 National Jewish Book Awards. Rabbi David Ellenson, president of the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, grabbed the top award in the category of modern Jewish thought and experience for his work, "After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity," a documentation of how modernism revitalized Judaism. Ellenson's daughter, Ruth Andrew Ellenson, earned the top honor in the category of women's studies. Her work, "The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt," is a collection of essays by prominent women on the existential issues that preoccupy them. Israeli writer Amos Oz won this year's top prize, the Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award, for his memoir, "A Tale of Love and Darkness." Deborah Lipstadt's "History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving" won best Holocaust book, while Michael Chabon's "The Final Solution" won recognition for best fiction book. The awards will be presented April 26 in New York City. Jean Bloch Rosensaft Senior National Director for Public Affairs and Institutional Planning Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion One West 4th Street New York, NY 10012 www.huc.edu phone: 212-824-2209 fax: 212-533-0129 Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
