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Shmuel Yosef Agnon

SHMUEL YOSEF AGNON was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Ukraine). He later immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, and died in Jerusalem, Israel. His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl. In a wider context, he contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator's role in literature. Agnon shared the Nobel Prize with the poet Nelly Sachs in 1966.
Days of Awe

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Days of Awe

Jewish High Holidays 2020

Rosh Hashanah will be observed from Friday, September 18th through Sunday, September 20th followed by Yom Kippur on Sunday, September 27th and Monday, September 28th. Help accounts provide devout followers or generally curious customers with a variety of nonfiction titles that illustrate the significance and multifaceted cultural aspects of these Jewish traditions.

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Jewish High Holidays Approaching in Late September

The most important Jewish holidays are Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), which is observed this year from sundown September 29 through sundown October 1, and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), observed this year from sundown October 8 through sundown October 9. The books in this collection reflect on these important holidays, Judaism itself, and the food of the Jewish tradition.

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