Malka Z. Simkovitch received an Honorable Mention from the Association of Jewish Libraries

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Malka Z. Simkovitch received an Honorable Mention from the Association of Jewish Libraries

Malka Z. Simkovitch received an Honorable Mention from the Association of Jewish Libraries Reference and Bibliography Committee's 2019 Reference Awards for her book, Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism (The Jewish Publication Society, 2018).

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