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Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year

JL;DR SUMMARY Eli Sharabi's memoir, "Hostage," detailing his harrowing abduction by Hamas and subsequent release, has won Book of the Year at the National Jewish Book Awards, showcasing narratives of resilience and survival from the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish IdentityResilienceHostageHamas CaptivityNational Jewish Book AwardsEli SharabiPamela S. Nadell

Places mentioned

Kibbutz Beeri, Southern District, Israel
"Sharabis memoir, which details his abduction from Kibbutz Beeri and the more than year he spent in captivity, became a bestseller in Israel and was later released in English in the United States."
Southern District, Israel
"The novellas protagonist is an Israeli combat veteran haunted by his service in one of the Gaza campaigns prior to Oct. 7."
United States
"The awards, presented by the Jewish Book Council and considered among the most prestigious honors in Jewish literature, recognize outstanding English-language books of Jewish interest across dozens of categories."
Russian Federation
"The Russian-born journalist Julia Ioffe took the autobiography and memoir prize for Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy."
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"the story of a Jewish judge and Holocaust survivor from Stuttgart who pursued Nazi perpetrators in post-war Germany, won the biography award."
New York, United States
"The winners will be honored at an awards ceremony in New York next month hoisted by the entertainer Jonah Platt."

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