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In 2015, Namdar, who now resides in New York, became the first writer living outside Israel to receive the Sapir Prize, Israel's top literary award. Shortly thereafter, however, the government passed a new law restricting the prize to writers living in Israel full time. Namdar says that his novel, about a professor who has visions of Jerusalem's Holy Temple, is a tribute to Jewish American writers such as S...Log In or Sign Up to Read More