Awards and Nominations

Awards

1. World Affairs Council Award-Great Lakes for Best World Affairs Book of 2004 for Banking on Baghdad.
2. The International Society for Sephardic Progress's Doña Gracia Medal for Best Book of 2004 for Banking on Baghdad.
3. American Jewish Press Association 2003 Rockower Award for best investigative article of the year, for the series "Funding Hate," syndicated internationally by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
4. World Affairs Council-Great Lakes, award for Best Book of 2003 for International Affairs for War Against the Weak.
5. American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2003, best nonfiction investigative book of the year for the paperback edition of IBM and the Holocaust.
6. American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2003, best article of investigative journalism on IBM at Auschwitz, entitled "Final Solutions," in the Village Voice.
7. AOFAS Roger Mann Award, 1996, honorable mention for best article on healthcare.
8. Folio Award, 1995 for publishing excellence.
9. Folio Award, 1995, for an undercover story on the homeless.
10. Computer Press Association, 1994, best new computer magazine.
11. Rockower Award, 1988, excellence in Jewish commentary for a turning point commentary on the Jonathan Pollard Affair.
12. Smolar Award, 1987, excellence in public affairs journalism for an article on Jews and Hispanics in B'nai B'rith Monthly and the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine and then syndicated via the "Cutting Edge."
13. Carl Sandburg Award, 1984, best nonfiction book, The Transfer Agreement.
14. Eagle Award, 1978, excellence in editing.
15. The Chicago Award, 1978, best feature article in the Chicago Reader for exclusive interview with Jewish attorney representing Nazis seeking to March through Skokie.

Past Nominations and Award Submissions

• Pulitzer Prize—nine times: Once by Macmillan in 1984 for The Transfer Agreement; three times between 1986 and 1990 by Jewish newspapers for investigations of terrorism, interviews with Louis Farrakhan, and for the investigation of Senator David Durenberger (which led to his indictment); once in 2002 by Crown Publishing for IBM and the Holocaust; twice in 2003, once by Four Walls Eight Windows for War Against the Weak, and once by the JTA for "Funding Hate." His 2005 submission was by John Wiley & Sons for Banking on Baghdad, and his 2006 submission was by St. Martins Press for Internal Combustion.
• National Book Award—three times; by Four Walls Eight Windows for War Against the Weak , and in 2004 by John Wiley & Sons for Banking on Baghdad, and in 2006 by St. Martins Press for Internal Combustion.
• American Society of Journalists and Authors—Best Book of 2003 for War Against the Weak and Best Investigative Article of 2003 for the NY Sun series "Funding Hate" syndicated by JTA. Best Book of 2004 for Banking on Baghdad, plus Best Article for "Dispossessed" and the Arlenes Public Service Award, both based on Banking on Baghdad. Best book of 2006 for Internal Combustion, and Best Investigative Article for "Hitler's Carmaker—GM and the Nazis," derived from Chapter 10 of Internal Combustion.
• SDX Service Awards—twice: once by Playboy in 1987 for the investigation of the Gary Dotson-Kathy Webb rape case; once by the American Bar Association Journal in 1994 for investigating attorneys associated with a global malpractice insurance scam.
• IRE Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors—three times: by Staff Publications in 1991 for the Bramson insurance investigation, in 2006, by the JTA, for "Hitler's Carmaker—GM and the Nazis," and also in 2006, St. Martins was invited by IRE to submit Internal Combustion.
• Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association in 2006 for "Hitler's Carmaker—GM and the Nazis," syndicated by the JTA.

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