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NURTURING TALENT
CREATING A COMMUNITY FOR JEWISH LITERATURE
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"Make your bookshelves
your companions"
-Judah Ibn Tibbon-
SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR 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 of its kind, 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.
AROUND THE WORLD WITH SRP
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SRP FELLOWS READ FROM THEIR LATEST WORKS
2021 SRP Fall Writers Showcase
MIKHAL DEKEL
Tehran Children
now available
in paperback
Essay on "The Lucky Ones" with a review of Tehran Children The New York Review
Discussed her memoir with Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA
PAMELA NADELL
WNET panel discussion "Confronting Conspiracies and Disinformation"
September 30 at 7 pm
The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas is now available for pre-order
Wrote a new short story,
"The Glacier", for the
The Yale Review
Wrote about "What We Lose When Only Men Write About Men" for The New York Times
New poetry collection Wolf Lamb Bomb was named new & noteworthy by The New York Times
Reviewed Reeves Weideman's "Billion Dollar Loser" for JRB
Spoke at the Am Olam Conference hosted by
Makor Rishon
NESSA RAPOPORT
AND MATTIE KAHN
Paperback launch of Evening October 5 at 7 pm
"The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex" reviewed in The Jewish Currents
Mourns the loss of his Arabesque Hotel in Acre
CONTACT
Debra Goldberg, Director:
T. +1-516-548-3921 | M. +972-52-333-8095 | F. +972-9-744-1180 | debra@samirohrprize.org