Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature.
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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, hailed by Time as a “once-in-a-millennium scholar,” was internationally regarded as a leading scholar and rabbi. He founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications, and wrote many books on subjects including the Talmud, Jewish mysticism, religious thought, sociology, historical biography, and philosophy. His published works have been translated into Russian, English, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Japanese, and Dutch. He lived in Jerusalem.