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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
Reviewed "American Jewish Thought Since 1934" for JRB
Wrote about social media narratives and Jerusalem for Tablet
Wrote about "Israel's Real Existential Threat" for
The New York Times
Interviewed Paul Theroux for The New York Times
Edited Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language
DEBORAH HARRIS
Winner of NJBA
Mentorship Award honoring
Carolyn Starman Hessel
Discussed her memoir with Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA
Mourns the loss of his Arabesque Hotel in Acre
Was a guest on the podcast Unorthodox
Wrote about the etymology
of Jewish racial slurs for
The Forward
Wrote about "What We Lose When Only Men Write About Men" for The New York Times
Wrote a new short story, ""Magnolia Knoll" for Boulevard Magazine
Wrote a new short story, "A Guide for the Perplexed" for The Harvard Review
Reviews "A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the age of Nation-States"
Reviewed 'The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion' by Hillel Halkin
Spoke at the Am Olam Conference hosted by Makor Rishon
Named 2020-2021 City College of NY Stuart Z. Katz Professor in the Humanities and the Arts
Was a guest on the podcast "Us Among the Israelis"
Sarah Bunin Benor, Shani Boianjiu, Erika Dreifus, Jonathan Krasner, Nessa Rapoport, Haim Watzman
Read from their latest work
CONTACT
Debra Goldberg, Director:
T. +1-516-548-3921 | M. +972-52-333-8095 | F. +972-9-744-1180 | debra@samirohrprize.org