​​First held in 1963, the Jerusalem International Book Fair [JIBF] is a unique biennial event which draws over 1200 publishers from more than 40 countries who exhibit more than 100,000 books in different languages. The Editorial Fellowship Program, one of the JIBF’s innovations, was established in 1985 and invites a group of young promising and talented editors to attend the Fair to meet and exchange ideas with their contemporaries. This program has become one of JIBF’s strongest attractions and its members have forged professional relationships and personal friendships that have lasted through the years. One of the JIBF’s most important events is the presentation of the prestigious Jerusalem Prize to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of the ”freedom of the individual in society’’.

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