Copyright © 2021 by Iddo Gefen

Translation copyright © 2021 by Daniella Zamir

Originally published in the Hebrew language as

Chof HaYam Shel Yerushalayim by Iddo Gefen.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gefen, Iddo, author. | Zamir, Daniella, translator.

Title: Jerusalem Beach : stories / Iddo Gefen; translated by Daniella Zamir.

Description: New York, NY: Astra House, 2021.

Identifiers: LCCN: 2021909404 | ISBN: 978-1-6626-0043-2 (hardcover) | 978-1-6626-0044-9 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH Israel—Fiction. | Jews—Fiction. | Short stories. | BISAC FICTION / Short Stories (single author) | FICTION / World Literature / Middle East / Israel | FICTION / Jewish

Classification: LCC PJ5054.G44 J47 2021 | DDC 892.437—dc23

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