After a one-day delay following Iran’s firing of missiles toward Israel this week, Hebrew Book Week opened on Wednesday, marking its 100th anniversary.

The festivities will run through June 18 at Sarona Park in Tel Aviv–Jaffa and through June 20 at Safra Square in Jerusalem.

The original book fair was founded by publisher Bracha Peli in 1926, and took place on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv.

The two simultaneous events are produced by the Publishers Association of Israel in cooperation with the municipalities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Like every year, many of Israel’s leading authors will be on hand in the two cities to meet readers and sign books.

The Bernstein Prize award ceremony for emerging writers will take place on June 14 at Sarona Park, where winners will be announced in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Events at the two Book Week sites include children’s theater performances, arts-and-crafts workshops and live music performances.

Another series of events will address declining reading rates across all age groups. “Mikoreh,” a play on the Hebrew words for........

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