{"id":26881,"date":"2017-11-24T03:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T11:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=26881"},"modified":"2017-11-23T22:23:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:23:15","slug":"ji-gets-rockower-shore-a-wiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2017\/11\/24\/ji-gets-rockower-shore-a-wiba\/","title":{"rendered":"JI gets Rockower, Shore a WIBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jewish Independent<\/em><\/strong> is among the winners of this year\u2019s American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. The awards were presented at the AJPA annual conference, held in conjunction with the Jewish Federations of North America\u2019s General Assembly in Los Angeles, Nov. 13-15.<\/p>\n

The JI<\/em> won first place for excellence in editorial writing for a trio of opinion pieces: \u201cLet\u2019s talk about Nini …<\/a>\u201d (Feb. 26, 2016), \u201cMuch more yet to learn<\/a>\u201d (Oct. 7, 2016) and \u201cInspired by Standing Rock<\/a>\u201d (Dec. 9, 2016). Placing second in the same circulation category (14,999 and under) was Intermountain Jewish News<\/em>, based in Denver, Colo.<\/p>\n

About the Independent<\/em>\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s talk about Nini …\u201d submission, the AJPA\u2019s Rockower jury commented that it demonstrated \u201cgreat writing, clear intent and galvanized a call to action in support of Jewish Federation\u2019s decision to host an Israeli singer with controversial political views. Readers took heed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The editorial \u201cMuch more yet to learn\u201d was about the need for Holocaust education and \u201cInspired by Standing Rock\u201d connected the story of Chanukah, \u201cof standing for one\u2019s beliefs (and existence) and triumphing in the end,\u201d with that of the protesters in North Dakota, who stood up against the U.S. government\u2019s plans to run an oil pipeline through a cemetery and under a water reservoir near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.<\/p>\n

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Jewish community member Paul Shore<\/strong> of Whistler won this year\u2019s Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA) non-fiction prize for his memoir Uncorked<\/em>, set within the rampart walls of a village in Provence. Farida Somjee of Vancouver won the WIBA fiction prize for her novel The Beggar\u2019s Dance<\/em>, set in the streets of coastal Africa.<\/p>\n

The winners were announced by WIBA organizers Lynn Duncan and Kilmeny Denny at the Whistler Writers Festival\u2019s improvisational Literary Cabaret at the Maury Young Arts Centre. Two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Canadian Humour Terry Fallis said, \u201cIt is wonderful to see talented, up-and-coming, independent authors recognized. It is a challenging process to start out on your own and work to have your creativity discovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Uncorked<\/em>, Shore\u2019s use of the game of p\u00e9tanque as a point of entry to address areas of personal alienation is a great literary and narrative choice,\u201d said J.J. Lee, one of the judges for the non-fiction award, and CBC radio host, author and Governor General\u2019s Literary Award finalist. \u201cThis memoir made me laugh; especially Paul\u2019s foil Hubert, who is a star. And its funny and illuminating stories contain a soul that is touching, too!\u201d<\/p>\n

[For the Independent\u2019s<\/em> review of Uncorked<\/em>, click here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Jewish Independent is among the winners of this year\u2019s American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. The awards were presented at the AJPA annual conference, held in conjunction with the Jewish Federations of North America\u2019s General Assembly in Los Angeles, Nov. 13-15. The JI won first place for excellence in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[974,6531,2529,7612,7152,4022],"class_list":["post-26881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-books-2","tag-journalism","tag-newspapers","tag-non-fiction","tag-paul-shore","tag-rockower"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}