Ami Israel Chai Medal, Congregation Kol Ami, Tampa, for "Israel and International Law," October 2022
Best Humanities Book, joint committee of booksellers and info technology in China, for the Chinese edition of IBM and the Holocaust, of 2018
Rockower Award, American Jewish Press Association (AJPA), for Best Investigative Article of the Year for the series “Hitler’s Carmaker,” syndicated internationally by the JTA, 2008
Rockower Award, AJPA, for Best Investigation of the Year for a series adapted for Internal Combustion, 2007
Best Book of the Year, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), for Internal Combustion, 2007
Best World Affairs Book of the Year, World Affairs Council Award-Great Lakes for Banking on Baghdad, 2005
Best International Affairs Book of the Year, World Affairs Council-Great Lakes for War Against the Weak, 2003
Rockower Award, AJPA, for Best Investigative Article of the Year for the series “Funding Hate,” syndicated internationally by the JTA, 2003
Best Nonfiction Investigative Book of the Year, ASJA, for IBM and the Holocaust, 2003
Best Investigative Journalism Article of the Year, ASJA, for “Final Solutions,” on IBM at Auschwitz, adapted from IBM and the Holocaust and published in the Village Voice, 2003
Roger Mann Award (honorable mention) for best article on healthcare, 1996
Folio Award for Publishing Excellence, 1995
Folio Award for an undercover story on the homeless, 1995
Best New Computer Magazine, Computer Press Association, 1994
Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Commentary, AJPA, for a turning-point commentary on the Jonathan Pollard Affair, 1988
Smolar Award for Excellence in Public Affairs Journalism, for an article on Jews and Hispanics published in B'nai B'rith Monthly and the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, 1987
Carl Sandburg Award for Best Nonfiction Book, Chicago Public Library, for The Transfer Agreement, 1984
Eagle Award for Excellence in Editing, 1978
The Chicago Award for Best Feature Article, for an exclusive interview with a Jewish attorney representing Nazis seeking to march through Skokie, published in the Chicago Reader, 1978
International Policy Citation, Israel Riviera Parliament, for his advocacy of a Covenant of Democratic Nations, May 2017
Moral Compass Award for Lifetime Achievement, Naples Holocaust Museum, February 2016
Moral Courage Award, The Initiative for Moral Courage, San Diego State University, The Leichtag Family Foundation, The Common Experience, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego, The Center for Ethics in Science and Technology, KPBS, The Jewish Studies Program, San Diego State University USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, The Anti-Defamation League, California State University, San Marcos Arts & Lectures, Institute for World Justice, Daniel Pearl Music Days, Harmony for Humanity, Armenian Law Students Association, and Thomas Jefferson School of Law for War Against the Weak, 2011
Human Rights Citation, DLA Battle Creek (DoD), for “Nazi Policy and Black Victims Before, During, and After the Holocaust—from Africa to Berlin to North Carolina,” April 2017
Special Tribute, Michigan State Legislature, for research and lectures on “Nazi Policy and Black Victims Before, During, and After the Holocaust—from Africa to Berlin to North Carolina,” February 2016
Pulitzer Prize, 13 submissions: 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; his 2006 submission was by St. Martins Press for Internal Combustion, and his 2010 submission was for The Farhud. His 2013 submission was by Dialog Press for Financing the Flames
National Book Award, three submissions by Four Walls Eight Windows for War Against the Weak ; by John Wiley & Sons for Banking on Baghdad; by St. Martins Press for Internal Combustion
American Society of Journalists and Authors nominations:
Best Book of 2006 for Internal Combustion
Best Investigative Article of 2004 and Arlene Public Service Award for “Hitler’s Carmaker—GM and the Nazis,” based on Chapter 10 of Internal Combustion.
Best Book of 2004 for Banking on Baghdad
Best Investigative Article of 2004 for “The Dispossessed,” based on Banking on Baghdad
Best Book of 2003 for War Against the Weak
Best Investigative Article of 2003 for the series “Funding Hate.”
SDX Service Award, once by Playboy in 1987 for the investigation of the Gary Dotson–Kathy Webb rape case; and once by the American Bar Association Journal in 1994 for investigating attorneys associated with a global malpractice insurance scam
IRE Award, Investigative Reporters and Editors, by the JTA for “Hitler’s Carmaker—GM and the Nazis.” St. Martins was also invited by IRE to submit Internal Combustion. 2006
Rockower Award, AJPA for “Hitler’s Carmaker—GM and the Nazis,” syndicated by the JTA, 2006