Author Iddo Gefen was set to attend Sagi Golan's wedding to partner Omer Ohana this month, instead, he flew back to Israel an hour before the reservist's funeral
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Award goes to Iddo Gefen's 'Jerusalem Beach'; organizers says including works translated into English, and honoring those who do the translating, adds new dimension to competition

In debut book, writer recounts efforts to regain ownership of house that belonged to his grandfather before Holocaust

New literature partnership will now also consider works translated into English; prize ceremony to be held in Israel in alternate years

The nonfiction work details the controversial trial that determined the fate of Jewish surrealist author Franz Kafka’s manuscripts

No cause of death given for Wall Street Journal reporter, who won major Jewish book award in 2007 for 'The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit,' about end of Jewish life in Cairo

Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature awarded to Michael David Lukas for his book 'The Last Watchmen of Old Cairo' telling stories drawn from the Cairo Geniza