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Sami Rohr Prize finalists
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Finalists announced for lucrative Jewish literary award

by Lisa Keys June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

(JTA) — Amir Tibon’s memoir about his family’s ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faure’s history of Jewish children who fled from Germany to France […]

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New Jewish books: Rabbi Brian Lurie, Catskills, ‘The Artist Who Fought Hitler’

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 27, 2026April 27, 2026
New books on parenting, travel and history populate a roundup of works by local Jewish authors.
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Bay Area Jewish authors cover travel, mysticism, parenting and more in new books

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight March 13, 2026March 13, 2026
"Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at 25: The Big Twang!" and "The Campaign" are among several new books by Jewish Bay Area writers.
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Modern fantasy, Jewish parenting, ‘Hardly Strictly’ and more in new books 

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight January 16, 2026January 16, 2026
Gilly Segal, Rena Rossner, and rabbi Angela Buchdahl
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Facing antisemitism and exclusion, Jewish authors get a lifeline

Elana Sztokman by Elana Sztokman December 9, 2025December 9, 2025
A panel from the graphic novel "We Are Not Strangers" by Josh Tuininga, who will be among the speakers at the Jewish Arts & Bookfest.
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Daniel Handler will headline inaugural Jewish book fest at the Magnes

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 23, 2025April 30, 2025
Josh Lambert is the author of "The Literary Mafia."
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What was the Jewish ‘literary mafia’? A new book explores a common myth of postwar publishing

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 29, 2022

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