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Lee Yaron’s account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli journalist Lee Yaron's book \"10/7: 100 Human Stories\" has been awarded the Jewish Book of the Year at the 74th National Jewish Book Awards. 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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Israeli Palestinian ConflictYiddish CulturePersonal Narratives10/7 AttacksIsraeli AuthorsRabbi Irving GreenbergAaron LanskyLee YaronJewish Book AwardsLiterature Recognition

Places mentioned

Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Southern District, Israel
"The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israels Borderlands, which centers on his rescue by his father and mother as Hamas terrorists invaded his neighborhood at Kibbutz Nahal Oz."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The highly anticipated novel, by a writer who is originally from Tel Aviv and currently resides in the Netherlands."
Netherlands
"The highly anticipated novel, by a writer who is originally from Tel Aviv and currently resides in the Netherlands."
New York, United States
"Yaron, who divides her time between New York and Israel."
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
"The JBC presented its Mentorship Award to Aaron Lansky, the founder of the Yiddish Book Center, a repository, museum and Yiddish learning center in Amherst, Massachusetts."
Nebraska, United States
"(University of Nebraska Press/Jewish Publication Society)"

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