- Gershom Gorenberg
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name = Gershom Gorenberg
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birth_place =St. Louis, Missouri
education = B.A. in religious studies fromUniversity of California at Santa Cruz (1976); M.A. in education from theHebrew University of Jerusalem (1985)
occupation =Journalist ,historian ,blogger
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status = married
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children = three children
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ethnic =Jewish - U.S. flagicon|U.S. / Israel flagicon|Israel
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credits = senior correspondent for "The American Prospect " [ [http://www.prospect.org/cs/author?id=809 View Author | The American Prospect ] ] ; blogs at [http://southjerusalem.com South Jerusalem] ; contributes to "The New York Times ," "Bookforum " and "Prospect" magazine in the U.K.; author of "The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977", among other works; frequent guest onBloggingHeads.tv
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URL =Gershom Gorenberg is an American-born
Israeli historian, journalist and blogger [http://southjerusalem.com/gershom-gorenberg/ South Jerusalem: Gershom Gorenberg] . Accessed March 25 2008.] , specializing in the 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. [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=View+Author&id=809 Gershom Gorenberg Article Index] . "The American Prospect ". Accessed March 19 2007.]Early life and education
Gorenberg was born in St. Louis and grew up in
California [http://southjerusalem.com/gershom-gorenberg/ South Jerusalem: Gershom Gorenberg] . Accessed March 25 2008.] . In 1977, Gorenberg traveled to Israel to study and decided to stay on [http://www.booksense.com/people/archive/gorenbergg.jsp Very Interesting People: Interview with Gershom Gorenberg] .Gavin J. Grant . "Book Sense ". Accessed March 19 2007.] , eventually becoming a dual citizen:I grew up in California and I came [to Israel] to study in 1977 -- I ended up staying and going to graduate school here, and beginning to work as a journalist... I'm a citizen of both countries and, for writing a book like this, that's very helpful because I'm writing about something I'm extremely familiar with. I'm also writing for an audience in the country I grew up in and I'm still very connected to. I think in both languages, as it were.
Gorenberg graduated from theUniversity of California at Santa Cruz and earned his M.A. in education from theHebrew University of Jerusalem . He currently lives inJerusalem ,Israel with his wife, journalist Myra Noveck, and three children. .Career
For many years an associate editor of "
The Jerusalem Report ," an Israeli biweekly news magazine, Gorenberg is now a senior correspondent for "The American Prospect ", an American political monthly. He edited in 1996 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." In 2000 he published "The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount," and in 2006, his study of the origins of Israeli settlement in occupied territory, "The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977."Gorenberg blogs at [http://southjerusalem.com South Jerualem] together with
Haim Watzman . He is a frequent guest onBloggingHeads.tv , particularly in discussions related to Israel.Gorenberg has contributed features and commentary on politics, religion and aspects of Israeli-American relations to major American newspapers including "
The New York Times " [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F16FF38550C738DDDAA0894DE404482 Israel's Tragedy Foretold] . Gershom Gorenberg. "The New York Times . March 10 2006. Accessed March 19 2007.] , "Los Angeles Times " [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-gorenberg22may22,0,3864678.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions 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.] , and "The Washington Post " [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051701879.html Israel's Half-Plan] . Gershom Gorenberg. "The Washington Post ." May 18 2006. Accessed March 19 2007] .Gorenberg was an associate of the now-defunct
Center for Millennial Studies atBoston University .Bibliography
* "The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977." Times Press. 2006. ISBN 080507564X
** Reviews: [ [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060501fareviewessay85312/tom-segev/a-bitter-prize.html Review of 'The Accidental Empire'] .Tom Segev , "Foreign Affairs ". May 1 2006. Accessed March 29 2007.] [ [http://www.jewishquarterly.org/article.asp?articleid=245 A small dispute about a handkerchief, a piano and a piece of land] .Leah Keren . "The Jewish Quarterly ". Autumn 2006, Number 203. Accessed March 29 2007.] [ [http://www.fmep.org/analysis/articles/how_the_accidental_empire_was_born.html How the 'accidental empire' was born] .Aryeh Dayan , "Ha'aretz ". March 9 2006. Accessed March 29 2007.]
** See also:Israeli settlements
* "The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount." Diane Publishing Company. 2000. ISBN 0756753864
** Reviews: [" [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week416/interview.html Religion and Ethnics Newsweekly: Interview with Gershom Gorenberg on The Temple Mount] ". Missy Daneil.Public Broadcasting System . December 15 2000. Accessed March 29 2007.]
** See also:Christian Zionism ,Temple Mount
* "Seventy Facets: A Commentary on the Torah from the Pages of the Jerusalem Report." (Editor.) Jason Aronson Press. 1996. ISBN 1568219040
** See also:Torah
* "Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin." (Co-author.) Newmarket Press. 1996. ISBN 155704287X
** Awards:National Jewish Book Award
** See also:Yitzhak Rabin References
External links
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=View+Author&id=809 Gershom Gorenberg's Article List] ("
The American Prospect ")
* [http://southjerusalem.com South Jerusalem: A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature]
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=298 Video discussions] [http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=281] [http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=257] [http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=158] with Robert Wright onBloggingHeads.tv
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