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Sami Rohr Prize

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 […]

Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," is about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran with a terrible secret. (Bloomsbury)
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S.F. novelist’s debut set in war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature

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Chanan Tigay, shown here in Venice, crisscrossed the globe to research his book. (Photo/Emanuele Dello Strologo)
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