Yehoshua Bar-Yosef

Yehoshua Bar-Yosef (Hebrew: יהושע בר-יוסף, b.

Bar-Yosef was born in Safed, Ottoman Empire and was raised in a Haredi Jewish family.

He worked first as a newspaper editor, and then as a freelance journalist.

[1] His work includes novels, novellas, short stories, plays and historical epics about Safed.

[2] He received numerous literary awards, including the Bialik Prize in 1984.