Hadassah Magazine presented Zoref with the Harold U. Ribalow Award for her novel at a ceremony held in New York on January 31.

Professor Carol Zoref discusses her award-winning novel, 'Barren Island,' which deftly explores immigrant life, poverty, religion and coming of age in the first half of the 20th century.

Read an excerpt from 'Barren Island,' Hadassah Magazine’s 2018 Harold U. Ribalow Prize winner.