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The Yiddishkeit 101 Literature Award was established in 5777 (2016-17) to recognize books which excel in articulating aspects of Jewish minhag (custom) and halakha (Torah-obedient lifestyle) in a fresh and unique way. Awards are announced annually, at various times throughout the year, according to age-designated categories: Lower Elementary (grade levels K-2), Upper Elementary (grade levels 3-5), Middle School (grade levels 6-8), High School (grade levels 9-12), Undergraduate College, and Grad School/Yeshiva. They also include a Parent/Adult selection as well.

Yiddishkeit (ייִדישקייט) is a Yiddish (Ashkenazi) word meaning, literally, "Jewishness." In modern parlance, it has come to connote the Jewish way of life.

5777 recipients

• Lower Elementary: The Chameleon that Saved Noah's Ark by Yael Molchadsky (author) and Orit Bergman (illustrator)
• Upper Elementary: Our Sages Showed the Way: Stories for Young Readers and Listeners from the Talmud, Midrash, and the Literature of the Sages by Yokheved Segel
• Middle School: Talmud with Training Wheels: An Absolute Beginner's Guide by Joel Lurie Grishaver
• High School: Judaisms: A Twenty-First Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities by Aaron J. Hahn Tapper
• Undergraduate: Reflecting on the Rabbis: Sage Insight into First-Century Jewish Thought by Brian Tice
• Grad/Yeshiva: Tanak: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible by Marvin A. Sweeney
• Parent/Adult: A Code of Jewish Ethics (2 volumes) by Joseph Telushkin

Recipients are honored on the Yiddishkeit 101 website and social media pages and their award-winning works are permitted to incorporate the award seal in their front or back cover layout.

External links

• Yiddishkeit 101 website[1]
• Yiddishkeit 101 facebook page[2]