On this edition of By the Book, sponsored by Koren Publishers, Nachum Segal interviewed Rabbi Jeffrey Saks about S.Y. Agnon and his involvement as Editor in the S.Y. Agnon series of Toby Press, an imprint of Koren Publishers.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon. Rabbi Jeffrey Sacks is the founding Director of ATID―The Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions in Jewish Education, in Jerusalem.

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