The Southern Jewish Historical Society awards a prize every four years for the book making the most significant contribution to the field of southern Jewish history.
Book Prize Winner for 2023
Mark K. Bauman
Author of A New Vision of Southern Jewish History: Studies in Institution Building, Leadership, Interaction, and Mobility
Book Prize Winner for 2019
Eric L. Goldstein and Deborah R. Weiner
Authors of On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore
Book Prize Winner for 2015
Adam Mendelsohn
Author of The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire
Book Prize Winner for 2011
Bryan Edward Stone
Author of The Chosen Folks: Jews on the Frontiers of Texas
Book Prize Winner for 2007
Deborah R. Weiner
Author of Coalfield Jews: An Appalachian History
Book Prize Winner for 2003
Clive Webb
Author of Fight Against Fear: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights