Gershom Gorenberg

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Gershom Gorenberg (Hebrew: גרשום גורנברג) is an American-born Israeli journalist, and blogger,[2] specializing in Middle Eastern politics and the interaction of religion and politics. He is currently a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, a monthly American political magazine.[3] Gorenberg self-identifies as "a left-wing, skeptical Orthodox Zionist Jew".[4]

Early life and education

Gorenberg was born in St. Louis, and grew up in California.[2] In 1977, he traveled to Israel to study, and ultimately decided to immigrate to the country, becoming an American-Israeli dual citizen.[5]

Gorenberg graduated from the

University of California at Santa Cruz, and earned his M.A. in education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel, with his wife, journalist Myra Noveck, and three children.[2]

Career

For many years, Gorenberg served as an associate editor of The Jerusalem Report, an Israeli bi-weekly news magazine. In 1996, he edited a selected collection of Jerusalem Report essays published under the title "Seventy Facets: A Commentary on the Torah from the Pages from the Jerusalem Report", and co-authored the Jerusalem Report's biography of Yitzhak Rabin, Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin. Gorenberg is now a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, an American political monthly.

As a published author, Gorenberg is best known for his study on the origins of Israeli settlements in

Haredi
is undermining Israeli democracy.

Gorenberg has contributed features and commentary on politics, religion, and aspects of

Israeli-American relations to newspapers[2] including The New York Times,[6] Los Angeles Times,[7] and The Washington Post.[8]

Gorenberg blogs at South Jerusalem, together with

Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University.[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ View Author | The American Prospect
  2. ^ a b c d e f South Jerusalem: Gershom Gorenberg. Accessed March 25, 2008.
  3. ^ Gershom Gorenberg Article Index Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. The American Prospect. Accessed March 19, 2007.
  4. ^ "About South Jerusalem | South Jerusalem". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  5. ^
    Book Sense
    . Accessed March 19, 2007:
  6. ^ Israel's Tragedy Foretold. Gershom Gorenberg. The New York Times. March 10, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2007.
  7. ^ Paying for Israel's makeover: U.S. funds for a controversial settlement pullback could help advance a peace agreement. Gershom Gorenberg. Los Angeles Times. May 22, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2007.
  8. ^ Israel's Half-Plan. Gershom Gorenberg. The Washington Post. May 18, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2007
  9. ^ Review of 'The Accidental Empire'. Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs. May 1, 2006. Accessed March 29, 2007.
  10. The Jewish Quarterly
    . Autumn 2006, Number 203. Accessed March 29, 2007.
  11. Ha'aretz
    . March 9, 2006. Accessed March 29, 2007.
  12. Public Broadcasting Service
    . December 15, 2000. Accessed March 29, 2007.

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