2010 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature WINNERS announced

IN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE FIRST-PLACE ROHR PRIZE IN NON-FICTION AWARDED TO TWO AUTHORS OF OUTSTANDING PROMISE

Judges in Deadlock; Second Place Category Suspended Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Kenneth Moss split $125,000 Prize Award Ceremony to be held March 31 in Jerusalem

January 26. 2010 (New York, NY) – While meeting last month to decide the winner of the $100K Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, the judges found themselves unable to eliminate one of the two outstanding final candidates. After much deliberation, an unusual solution was found.

The two contenders would share the top honor, the runner-up category would be eliminated, and the monies allocated for the winner and runner-up prizes would be combined into one award, to be split by the two winners, with each author taking home $62,500.

The 2010 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature will be awarded to two distinguished authors: Sarah Abrevaya Stein, for her book Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce (Yale University Press) and Kenneth B. Moss for his book Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution (Harvard University Press).
Jewish Book Council.