2026 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards
Co-presented by the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards and the Miles Nadal JCC
Join us in the Al Green Theatre to honour and celebrate the winners of the 2026 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards! Canadian authors – living both locally and abroad – will discuss their award-winning publications on important Jewish themes and subjects. Selected by an independent jury, awards are presented in diverse categories including: Fiction, Jewish Thought and Culture, Biography/Memoir, Yiddish, Children/Young Adult, Holocaust, and the Irving Abella Award in History. Following the ceremony, meet the authors at a dessert reception and purchase autographed copies of their books.
If you cannot attend in person, please register to receive the recording. (Zoom simulcast will not be available)
Presented in partnership with the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies.
4:00-5:00pm – dessert reception and book sales/signing
FREE – advance registration is required
For registration assistance, please call 416-924-6211 x0 or email help@mnjcc.org .
For more information, contact Lisa Roy at 416-924-6211 x6155 or email lisar@mnjcc.org .
The Irving Abella Award in History : Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe by Matti Friedman
Contemporary Jewish Issues : The Hidden Hand: The Information War and the Rise of Antisemitic Propaganda by Warren Kinsella
Fiction : Other Evolutions by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia
Graphic Literature : Vidal by Danila Botha
Children and Youth : The House Across the Street by Adam Policzer
Holocaust : The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe by David Kaufman
Yiddish : Boom and Chain: A Yiddish Novel Set in Israel/Palestine by Hanan Ayalti, translated by Adi Mahalel
Scholarship : Moroccan Jews in France and Canada and Migrations by Yolande Cohen ( postcoloniales des Juifs du Maroc vers le Canada et la France )
The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards will also pay tribute to Adam Fuerstenberg z"l, a visionary founder of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards, whose collected essays Transplanting Roots: The Adam Fuerstenberg Reader , was recently published.
Celebrating its twelfth year, the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards recognizes the finest books with Jewish themes and subjects by Canadian authors in a variety of genres. It enriches and promotes Canadian Jewish writing and culture, enabling us to better understand our collective past, our shared present, and the world of the future. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards does more than reward winning authors with a cash prize and a moment in the spotlight. It builds pride, not only in the individuals being honoured, but in the creative achievements that reflect Jewish themes and ideas. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards, including the Irving Abella Award in History, are judged by an independent jury, who select winners in the categories of fiction, Holocaust, Jewish thought and culture, biography/memoir, poetry, Yiddish, and books for children and youth. For more information, please visit www.cjlawards.ca .
Book sales by Ben McNally Books, shop.benmcnallybooks.com
Price: $0.00 Taxes waived
Sunday, October 25
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Al Green Theatre · 750 Spadina Avenue
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