Hebrew literature, in and outside Israel

       In Forward Haim Weiss argues Israel Doesn't Have a Monopoly on Great Hebrew Literature -- writing in response to the Sapir Prize for Hebrew Literature changing its rules to now limit the award to (Israeli) resident authors.
       As he notes:

The isolation of a language, and the self-isolation of a culture, is a death sentence.

       For a relatively small -- but (at least thinly) widespread -- language such as Hebrew surely everything possible should be done to encourage its literature wherever it might be produced. (Aside from that, passport and residency requirements are an administrative nightmare; they should save themselves the trouble).