HOSTAGE by Eli Sharabi has been crowned as ‘Jewish Book of The Year’ at the 75th National Jewish Book Awards!
We are thrilled to announce that HOSTAGE by Eli Sharabi has won the prestigious ‘Jewish Book of The Year’ at the 75th National Jewish Book Awards!
Inaugurated in 1950, the National Jewish Book Awards is the longest-running North American awards program of its kind and is recognized as the most prestigious. The Awards are intended to recognize authors and encourage the reading of outstanding English-language books of Jewish interest.
Check out the full list of winners here.
On October 7th, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be’eri, shattering the peaceful life Eli Sharabi had built with his British wife, Lianne, and their teenage daughters, Noiya and Yahel. Dragged barefoot out of his front door while his family watched in horror, Sharabi was plunged into the suffocating darkness of Gaza’s tunnels. In total he endured a gruelling 491 days in captivity – all the while holding onto the hope that he would one day be reunited with his loved ones.
In the first memoir by a released Israeli hostage, and the fastest-selling book in Israel’s history, Sharabi offers a searing firsthand account of survival under unimaginable conditions – starvation, isolation, physical beatings, and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors.
This is your sign to grab your copy of the acclaimed memoir here!
