Jewish Book Awards Tonight
James L. Kugel and Rabbi Harold Kushner are among the 20 writers who will be honored tonight at the 57th annual Jewish Book Awards, to be held at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan.
In January, the Jewish Book Council, which administers the awards, named Mr. Kugel's "How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now" the Jewish Book of the Year for 2007, and chose Rabbi Kushner, the author of the 1981 best seller "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the only organization in America devoted exclusively to promoting books reflecting the Jewish experience. The annual awards honor achievement in biography and memoir, children's and young adult literature, fiction, poetry, and history.
