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Finalists announced for lucrative Jewish literary award

JL;DR SUMMARY The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature announced its four finalists for 2026, showcasing a diversity of narratives that contribute insight into Jewish history and identity. 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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Jewish HistoryHolocaustJewish IdentityAmir TibonSami Rohr PrizeShaul KelnerLaura Hobson FaureJordan Salama

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Israel
"Amir Tibons memoir about his familys ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faures history of Jewish children who fled from Germany to France during World War II are among the finalists for the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Faure is a professor of modern Jewish history at Universit Paris 1-Panthon-Sorbonne."
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
"A professor of Jewish studies and sociology at Vanderbilt University, Kelners second book details how American Jews transformed a largely overlooked human rights issue into a landmark 20th-century mass-mobilization effort."
Argentina
"Jordan Salama, Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story. Salama, an author and contributor to The New Yorker, National Geographic and other publications, traces his Jewish familys history from Moorish Spain and Ottoman Syria to Argentina and beyond."
Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Southern District, Israel
"Amir Tibon, The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israels Borderlands. The first book by the Israeli journalist is a first-person account of his familys ordeal as residents of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, which was violently attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023."

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