In December 1966, Austro-Hungarian born Israeli author Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887–1970) received the Nobel Prize in literature—the only author writing in Hebrew to receive that distinguished honor. Rabbi Jeffrey Saks will trace how Agnon’s remarkable acceptance speech vividly expresses the intertwining of personal destiny, Jewish history, and the art of storytelling. Standing before the crowned heads of Europe, Agnon recounted his life, not merely as a biographical sketch but as a narrative shaped by the ...