HONORING EXCELLENCE
NURTURING TALENT
CONNECTING JEWISH VOICES ACROSS THE GLOBE
TOGETHER AS ONE
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"Make your bookshelves
your companions"
-Judah Ibn Tibbon-
THE PREMIER ANNUAL AWARD CELEBRATING JEWISH LITERATURE
INAUGURATED IN 2007 BY THE ROHR FAMILY
The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature honors the legacy of Sami Rohr z”l, who enjoyed a lifelong love of Jewish learning and great books.
As the premier award in the world of Jewish publishing, the annual prize recognizes the unique role of contemporary writers in the examination and transmission of the Jewish experience. The $100,000 prize is presented to an emerging writer who demonstrates the potential for continued contribution to the world of Jewish literature.
Finalists and winners of monetary prizes become Fellows in the Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute. Past winners have acknowledged the impact of the Prize on their careers and professional pursuits.
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
In conversation with Maya Arad and Jessica Cohen
Making Sense of a War
ELISA ALBERT,
ERIKA DREIFUS, MAX GROSS, ANNA SOLOMON
Smashing the Tablets
"Readjusting Sights" on Jewish Review of Books
OREN KESSLER
"A Day of Love & Darkness"
Vancouver Writers Fest
"The God Who Dwells in Doubt"
While Israel Slept book launch
Goes Below the Borscht Belt
Abraham Lincoln and the Jewish Community
"A Need for Roots" in Jewish Review of Books
Winter Issue
MIKOLAJ GRYNBERG & SEAN GASPER BYE
Confidential, starred review in Publishers Weekly
"October 7: The Return of History"
"Writing Out of Annihilation"
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SASHA VASILYUK, BENJAMIN BALINT AND GAL BECKERMAN
In conversation
Carole King: She Made The Earth Move book launch
2025 Natan Notable Book of the Year
Review of Adieu: A Memoir of Holocaust Survival
The Many LIves of Anne Frank Publishers Weekly Cover Story and Starred Review
ELISA ALBERT
"An Invitation to the
Anti-Zionists"
"The Cost of the American Jewish Vote"
Book Launch: In conversation with Rabbi Aaron Potek
Reading, Parenting, and Torah
Interview on 'Breaking the Israeli Book Curse'
Discussing "Exploring Family Secrets Through Fiction"
"Writing, Identity, and the Struggle to Speak After October 7th"
Guest on Jewish Studies Unscrolled podcast
Hezbollah, updated edition
"The False Narrative of Settler Colonialism", The Atlantic
CONTACT
Debra Goldberg, Director:
T. +1-516-548-3921 | M. +972-52-333-8095 | F. +972-9-744-1180 | debra@samirohrprize.org