The Koret International Jewish Book Awards wants you. That is, they want you, and other readers like yourself, to participate in the voting process.
Vote for your favorite work of Jewish fiction from the past decade and you will be entered to win one of eight Amazon Shopping Spree Gift Cards ranging in value from $25-$250. The author of the winning volume will be honored at the Koret International Jewish Book Award prize ceremony on November 15, 2006 in San Francisco hosted by actor Theodore Bikel. The deadline for voting is October 16.
Nominees are: Ravelstein – Saul Bellow,
Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer,
In the Image – Dara Horn,
The Puttermesser Papers – Cynthia Ozick,
The Plot Against America – Philip Roth, and
The Wedding Jester – Steve Stern.
not nominated
Sadly, Sammy Davis Jr.’s “Yes I Can” was passed over this year. Again.