Jewish Book Awards handed out

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin was among the recipients of 2006 National Jewish Book Awards honored at a ceremony in New York City. Winners in 17 categories were cited Tuesday night at the Center for Jewish History.Telushin won the Jewish Book of the Year Award for “A Code of Jewish Ethics,” a major work citing Jewish teachings on a variety of ethical issues.The Jewish Book Awards are administered by the Jewish Book Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes the reading, writing and publishing of Jewish content in English.Journalists Ari Goldman and Samuel Freedman served as co-hosts of the awards ceremony.