The Koret Jewish Book Awards are sponsored by the San Francisco based Koret Foundation in cooperation with the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. The Korets were established in 1998 and first awarded in 1999. Award finalists are announced in February, and the Award winner in late March. Winners are honored at aceremony in April each year. Winners in each category received $15,000 in 2002. The categories are Fiction,  Biography/Autobiography, History, and Philosophy and Thought. The winners in the latter category are shown in the following table.

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