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Friday April 23, 1999

1st Koret book awards named

The S.F.-based Koret Foundation announced Monday its first Jewish Book Awards.
Winners of the $10,000 prizes:

*History. Miriam Bodian for "Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam."

*Thought and philosophy. Professor Arnold Eisen of Stanford University for "Rethinking Modern Judaism: Ritual, Commandment, Community."

The awards were created in cooperation with the New York-based National Foundation for Jewish Culture.

Books were nominated by publishers. Three-judge panels for each category chose the winners, which were confirmed by a nine-member advisory board of academics and writers.

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