In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author and translator
“Jerusalem Beach,” a book of short stories that draws on Israeli author Iddo Gefen’s background as a neurocognitive researcher, won the prize.
An architectural rendering of the new National Library of Israel building designed by the prestigious Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron. (© Herzog & de Meuron; Mann-Shinar Architects, Executive Architect)ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA, ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTAUpdated: 
