A collection of short stories by a Southern writer known for his magical realism and a book that chronicles the last words to God of a man dying during the Holocaust highlighted the winners of this year’s Jewish Book Council awards. A complete list of the winners, including Steve Stern who won the group’s fiction award for “The Wedding Jester,” and Zvi Kolitz, who won the non-fiction award for “Yosl Rakover Talks to God,” is available at www.jewish bookcouncil.org.
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