Novel on a Muslim-Jewish scholar’s quest wins Sami Rohr Prize
The $100,000 prize, a program of the Jewish Book Council, was announced Tuesday.
The 11th century letter found in the Cairo Geniza, believed to be from a woman in Israel to her brother in Egypt(photo credit: REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF THE SYNDICS OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY/FRIEDBERG GENIZAH PROJECT WE)ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA