Rustow’s “Lost Archive” Named Finalist for 2020 National Jewish Book Award
Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East and Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History Marina Rustow’s book, The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue (Princeton University Press), was named a finalist for a 2020 National Jewish Book Award in the “Writing Based on Archival Material” category (The JDC-Herbert Katzki Award).
“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 reading, of outstanding English-language books of Jewish interest.”