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Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

{{Short description|Award for Judaism-related literature}}

{{Infobox award

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| awarded_for = recognising the unique role of contemporary writers in the transmission and examination of the Jewish experience, and to encourage and promote outstanding writing of Jewish interest.

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| year = 2007

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The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature is an annual prize awarded to an outstanding literary work of Jewish interest by an emerging writer. Previously administered by the Jewish Book Council, it is now given in association with the National Library of Israel.

History

In 2006, the family of Jewish philanthropist Sami Rohr honored his lifelong love of Jewish learning and great books by establishing the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature on his 80th birthday. At its inception, the $100,000 prize was the largest literary prize in North America.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/books/sami-rohr-jewish-philanthropist-remembered-by-a-writing-prize-dies-at-86.html |title=Sami Rohr, Jewish Philanthropist Remembered by a Writing Prize, Dies at 86 |work=New York Times |author=Dennis Hevesi |date=August 10, 2012 |accessdate=January 23, 2013 |archive-date=January 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130225128/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/books/sami-rohr-jewish-philanthropist-remembered-by-a-writing-prize-dies-at-86.html |url-status=live }} The second place winner receives the Jewish Literature Choice Award of $25,000.{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Rachel |title=Jewish Prize for Brooklyn Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/books/jewish-prize-for-brooklyn-author.html |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=New York Times |date=2011-05-29}}

The annual award, first awarded in 2007, alternates between honoring fiction and non-fiction and seeks to promote writings of Jewish interest, and to encourage the examination of Jewish values among emerging writers.{{cite journal|journal=Tablet|title=A Dispatch from the National Jewish Book Awards Ceremony|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/127051/jewish-book-club|date=March 15, 2013|accessdate=2013-11-11|author=Jessica Weinberg|archive-date=2013-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111112821/http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/127051/jewish-book-club|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Gabe |title=In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew-language author and translator |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/05/02/culture/in-a-first-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature-goes-to-hebrew-author-and-translator |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=2023-05-02}} Awardees are honored at an August ceremony at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. The award was administered by the Jewish Book Council, before being given in association with the National Library of Israel.

In 2023, Israeli author Iddo Geffen won the prize, the first time it was awarded to the author of a Hebrew-language work and its translator, Daniella Zamir. The award to a translated work represented an effort to expand the reach of the prize to non-English works.

Honorees

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! rowspan="5" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Yellin|first=Tamar}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Genizah at the House of Shepher|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |author=Lapidos |first=Juliet |date=2007-03-30 |title=A Chat With Tamar Yellin, Winner of New Fiction Prize |newspaper=The Jewish Daily Forward |url=http://forward.com/articles/10416/a-chat-with-tamar-yellin-winner-of-new-fiction-pr/ |accessdate=2013-11-11 |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111114055/http://forward.com/articles/10416/a-chat-with-tamar-yellin-winner-of-new-fiction-pr/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Sami Rohr Prize 2007 |url=http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2007 |accessdate=2013-11-11 |publisher=Jewish Book Council |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111111906/http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2007 |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Lavigne|first=Michael}}

| Not Me

|Runner-up

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|{{sortname|last=Gutfreund|first=Amir}}

| Our Holocaust

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Hedaya|first=Yael}}

|Accidents

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Alderman|first=Naomi}}

|Disobedience

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Lagnado|first=Lucette}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Man in the White Sharkskin Suit|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=Sami Rohr Prize 2008 |url=http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2008 |accessdate=2013-11-11 |publisher=Jewish Book Council |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111111905/http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2008 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author=Crown |first=Sarah |date=2008-02-13 |title=Exile's tale takes $100,000 Jewish book prize |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/feb/13/news.sarahcrown |accessdate=2013-11-11 |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111111719/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/feb/13/news.sarahcrown |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Goldstein|first=Eric}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Price of Whiteness|nolink=1}}

|Runner-up

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|{{sortname|last=Blumberg|first=Ilana}}

| Houses of Study

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Watzman|first=Haim}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Crack in the Earth|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Makovsky|first=Michael}}

|Churchill's Promised Land

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Krasikov|first=Sana}}

| One More Year

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=Sami Rohr Prize 2009 |url=http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2009 |accessdate=2013-11-11 |publisher=Jewish Book Council |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111111945/http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author= |date=2009-03-26 |title=Sana Krasikov wins Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Books/Sana-Krasikov-wins-Sami-Rohr-Prize-for-Jewish-Literature |accessdate=2013-11-11 |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111111857/http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Books/Sana-Krasikov-wins-Sami-Rohr-Prize-for-Jewish-Literature |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Sofer|first=Dalia}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Septembers of Shiraz}}

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Albert|first=Elisa}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Book of Dahlia|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Landsman|first=Anne}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Rowing Lesson|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Ulinich|first=Anya}}

|Petropolis

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Moss|first=Kenneth B.}}

| Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution

| rowspan="2" |Winner (tie)

|{{cite web |date=2010-01-26 |title=2010 Sami Rohr Prize Winners Announced |url=http://jewishbooks.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/2010-sami-rohr-prize-winners-announced/ |accessdate=2013-11-11 |website=Jewish Book Council |publisher= |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111113207/http://jewishbooks.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/2010-sami-rohr-prize-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Stein|first=Sarah Abrevaya}}

| Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce

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{{sortname|last=Berman|first=Lila Corwin}}

|Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Kelman|first=Ari Y.}}

|Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Ruttenberg|first=Danya}}

|Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Ratner|first=Austin}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Jump Artist|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |author=Oster |first=Marcy |date=2011-03-24 |title=Austin Ratner wins Rohr prize for first novel |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=http://www.jta.org/2011/03/24/arts-entertainment/austin-ratner-wins-rohr-prize-for-first-novel |accessdate=2013-11-11 |archive-date=2013-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209001951/http://www.jta.org/2011/03/24/arts-entertainment/austin-ratner-wins-rohr-prize-for-first-novel |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Skibell|first=Joseph}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Curable Romantic|nolink=1}}

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Kalman|first=Nadia}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cosmopolitans|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Orringer|first=Julie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Invisible Bridge|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Amend|first=Allison}}

|Stations West

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Beckerman|first=Gal}}

| When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry

|Winner

|{{cite news |date=2012-02-15 |title=Gal Beckerman Wins $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize |newspaper=Publishers Weekly}}

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|{{sortname|last=Green|first=Abigail}}

| Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Franklin|first=Ruth}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Krasner|first=Jonathan B.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Benderly Boys and American Jewish Education|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Loeffler|first=James}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2013

|{{sortname|last=Segal|first=Francesca}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Innocents|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |author=Winkler |first=Joe |date=2013-04-10 |title=Novelist Francesca Segal wins Sami Rohr Prize with 'The Innocents' |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=http://www.jta.org/2013/04/10/news-opinion/united-states/novelist-francesca-segal-wins-sami-rohr-prize-with-the-innocents |accessdate=2013-11-11 |archive-date=2013-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209001948/http://www.jta.org/2013/04/10/news-opinion/united-states/novelist-francesca-segal-wins-sami-rohr-prize-with-the-innocents |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Lerner|first=Ben}}

| Leaving the Atocha Station

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Nadler|first=Stuart}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Book of Life|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Schurr|first=Asaf}}

|Motti

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Boianjiu|first=Shani}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=People of Forever Are Not Afraid}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Friedman|first=Matti}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible}}

|Winner

|{{cite journal |author=Kissileff |first=Beth |date=2014-01-23 |title=2014 Sami Rohr Prize Awarded In Jerusalem |url=http://tabletmag.com/scroll/160390/2014-sami-rohr-prize-awarded-in-jerusalem |journal=Tablet |access-date=2015-02-27 |archive-date=2015-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227171740/http://tabletmag.com/scroll/160390/2014-sami-rohr-prize-awarded-in-jerusalem |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Benor|first=Sarah Bunin}}

| Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism

|Runner-up

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{{sortname|last=Stern|first=Eliyahu}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|{{cite journal |author=Chandler |first=Adam |date=2013-11-07 |title='The Aleppo Codex' Nabs the Sami Rohr Prize |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/151994/the-aleppo-codex-nabs-the-sami-rohr-prize |journal=Tablet |accessdate=2013-11-11 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110174948/http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/151994/the-aleppo-codex-nabs-the-sami-rohr-prize |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Spiegel|first=Nina S.}}

|Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Davis|first=Marni}}

|Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2015

|{{Sortname|Ayelet|Tsabari}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Best Place on Earth|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |date=2015-02-23 |title=Ayelet Tsabari Wins Sami Rohr Prize |newspaper=The Jewish Daily Forward |url=http://forward.com/articles/215316/ayelet-tsabari-wins-sami-rohr-prize/ |access-date=2015-02-27 |archive-date=2015-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227123248/http://forward.com/articles/215316/ayelet-tsabari-wins-sami-rohr-prize/ |url-status=live }}

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|{{Sortname|Kenneth|Bonert}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Lion Seeker|nolink=1}}

|Runner-up

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{{Sortname|Yelena|Akhtiorskaya}}

|Panic in a Suitcase

|Shortlist

|{{cite web |title=Sami Rohr Prize 2015 |url=http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2015 |accessdate=2015-01-24 |website=Jewish Book Council |publisher= |archive-date=2015-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126031029/http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/sami-rohr-prize-2015 |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Boris|Fishman}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Replacement Life|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Molly|Antopol}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=UnAmericans|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2016

|{{Sortname|Lisa|Leff}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Jessica |date=2016-06-05 |title=Sami Rohr prize-winners tell of books that insisted on being written |newspaper=The Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/sami-rohr-prize-winners-tell-of-books-that-insisted-on-being-written/ |accessdate=2019-12-12 |archive-date=2019-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212113149/https://www.timesofisrael.com/sami-rohr-prize-winners-tell-of-books-that-insisted-on-being-written/ |url-status=live }}

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|{{Sortname|Yehuda|Mirsky}}

| Rav Kook: Mystic in a Time of Revolution

|Runner-up

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{{Sortname|Aviyah|Kushner}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Dan|Ephron}}

|Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Adam|Mendelsohn}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2017

|{{Sortname|Idra|Novey}}

| Ways to Disappear

|Winner

|{{cite web |author= |date=2017-05-03 |title=Idra Novey wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature |url=http://www.jta.org/2017/05/03/default/idra-novey-wins-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature |accessdate=2017-05-03 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |archive-date=2017-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504044453/http://www.jta.org/2017/05/03/default/idra-novey-wins-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature |url-status=live }}

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|{{Sortname|Daniel|Torday}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Last Flight of Poxl West: A Novel|nolink=1}}

|Runner-up

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{{Sortname|Rebecca|Schiff}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bed Moved: Stories|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|{{cite web |author=Jewish Book Council |date=2017-04-03 |title=2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Fellows Announced |url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/jewish-book-council/2017-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature-fellows-announced/10155189263483415/ |accessdate=May 3, 2017 |work=Facebook |publisher= |archive-date=2023-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502005743/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnotes%2Fjewish-book-council%2F2017-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature-fellows-announced%2F10155189263483415%2F |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Paul|Goldberg|Paul Goldberg (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Yid|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Sachs|first=Adam Ehrlich}}

|Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2018

|{{Sortname|Ilana|Kurshan}}

| If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

|Winner

|{{Cite news |last= |date=2018-06-06 |title=Author Ilana Kurshan wins $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature |language=en-US |newspaper=The Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/author-ilana-kurshan-wins-100000-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature/ |access-date=2019-05-21 |archive-date=2019-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621083147/https://www.timesofisrael.com/author-ilana-kurshan-wins-100000-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature/ |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|last=Hirschhorn|first=Sara Yael}}

| City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement

|Runner-up

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{{Sortname|Chanan|Tigay}}

|{{sortname|{{Sort|Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible|The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible}}

|Shortlist

|{{cite news |last=Zax |first=Talya |date=2018-04-30 |title=Sami Rohr Prize Finalists include Ilana Kurshan, Yair Mintzker |newspaper=Forward |url=https://forward.com/culture/books/400024/sami-rohr-prize-finalists-ilana-kurshan-yair-mintzker-shari-rabin-more/ |accessdate=2019-12-12 |archive-date=2019-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212111641/https://forward.com/culture/books/400024/sami-rohr-prize-finalists-ilana-kurshan-yair-mintzker-shari-rabin-more/ |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Yair|Mintzker}}

|{{sortname|{{Sort|Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew|The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew}}

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Shari|Rabin}}

|Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Lukas|first=Michael David}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Last Watchman of Old Cairo|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |last=Grisar |first=PJ |date=2019-05-01 |title=Michael David Lukas Wins 2019 Sami Rohr Prize |language=en-US |newspaper=Forward |url=https://forward.com/culture/books/423614/michael-david-lukas-wins-2019-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature/ |access-date=2019-12-07 |archive-date=2019-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195701/https://forward.com/culture/books/423614/michael-david-lukas-wins-2019-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature/ |url-status=live }}

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|{{Sortname|Dalia|Rosenfeld}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Words We Think We Know|nolink=1}}

|Runner-up

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{{Sortname|Rachel|Kadish}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Weight of Ink|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|{{cite news |last=Grisar |first=PJ |date=2019-04-01 |title=The Sami Rohr Prize For Jewish Literature Announces Its Nominees |newspaper=Forward |url=https://forward.com/culture/books/421847/the-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature-announces-its-nominees/ |accessdate=2019-12-12 |archive-date=2020-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815050706/https://forward.com/culture/books/421847/the-sami-rohr-prize-for-jewish-literature-announces-its-nominees/ |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Mark|Sarvas}}

|Memento Park

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Margot|Singer}}

|Underground Fugue

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="4" |2020

|{{Sortname|Benjamin|Balint}}

| Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy

|Winner

|{{cite news |last=Brawarsky |first=Sandee |date=2020-05-11 |title='Kafka's Last Trial' Garners Prestigious Rohr Prize |newspaper=The Times of Israel |url=https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/kafkas-last-trial-garners-prestigious-rohr-prize/ |accessdate=2020-05-27 |archive-date=2020-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526213915/https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/kafkas-last-trial-garners-prestigious-rohr-prize/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Hurwitz|first=Sarah}}

|Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Yaakov|Katz|dab=journalist}}

|Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Mikhal|Dekel}}

|Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey

|Shortlist

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|{{Sortname|Menachem|Kaiser}}

| Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=Menachem Kaiser wins Sami Rohr Prize for nonfiction |url=https://www.jns.org/menachem-kaiser-wins-sami-rohr-prize-for-nonfiction/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Jewish News Syndicate |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520081916/https://www.jns.org/menachem-kaiser-wins-sami-rohr-prize-for-nonfiction/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Abebe|first=Danny Adeno}}, trans. by Eylon Levy

|From Africa to Zion: The Shepherd Boy Who Became Israel's First Ethiopian-Born Journalist

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=Finalists announced for best Jewish literature authors of 2022 |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-705198 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522023554/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-705198 |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Ayala|Fader}}

|Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="4" |2023

|{{Sortname|Iddo|Gefen}}, trans. by Daniella Zamir

|Jerusalem Beach

|Winner

{{Sortname|Anna|Solomon}}

|{{Sort|Book of V|The Book of V }}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Muchnick |first=Laurie |date=2023-04-30 |title=A Prize Recognizes the Riches of Jewish Literature |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/a-prize-recognizes-the-riches-of-jewish-literature/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502005726/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/a-prize-recognizes-the-riches-of-jewish-literature/ |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Mikolaj|Grynberg}}, trans. by Sean Gasper Bye

|I'd Like To Say I'm Sorry, But There's No One To Say Sorry To

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Max|Gross}}

|{{Sort|Lost Shtetl|The Lost Shtetl}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="4" |2024

|{{Sortname|Oren|Kessler}}

|Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict

|Winner

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{{Sortname|Jeremy|Eichler }}

|Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Jerusalem Post Staff|date=2024-04-17 |title=Oren Kessler awarded Sami Rohr Prize for 'Palestine 1936,' receives $100,000 |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-797536 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}

{{Sortname|Michael |Frank}}

|One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World

|Shortlist

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{{Sortname|Natalie |Livingstone}}

|{{Sort|Lost Shtetl|The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty}}

|Shortlist

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.samirohrprize.org/ Official website]

Category:Awards established in 2006

Category:International literary awards

Category:Fiction awards

Category:2006 establishments in the United States

Category:Jewish literary awards