Matti Friedman s first book, "The Aleppo Codex, " won the Sami Rohr Prize, the American Library Association s Sophie Brody Medal, and the Canadian Jewish Book Award. It was selected as one of "Booklist" s top ten religion and spirituality titles in 2013 and received second place for the Religion Newswriters Association s 2013 nonfiction religion book of the year. The book was published in Israel, Australia, Holland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, and South Korea. Friedman has worked as a correspondent in the Jerusalem bureau of the Associated Press news agency, where he specializ...