Haviv Rettig

Haviv Rettig ( _he. חביב רטיג) is an Israeli-American journalist and the Jewish world correspondent for the Israeli English-language daily "The Jerusalem Post".

According to the website of the Limmud Conference [ [http://www.limmud.org/conference/programme/presenters/R/ Limmud - Presenters: R ] ] , where he was a speaker in December 2007, Rettig "covers organised Jewish communities worldwide on issues including demographics, identity, anti-Semitism, education and communal politics... He dealt with Israel's contentious education budget and Israel-NATO relations. He was the "Post"'s chief correspondent to the [annual Israeli security-related] Herzliya Conference."

He was born on April 4, 1981, in Jerusalem to American-born parents. He lived in the United States from 1989 to 1999, returning to Israel in 1999 to serve in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat medic. Upon completing military service, Rettig studied history and Jewish thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Rettig has worked at the "Jerusalem Post" since June 2005. He lives in Tel Aviv.

Articles

* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517338502&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jewish groups skeptical over Annapolis] "Jerusalem Post", January 10, 2008
* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517257169&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull A whole new, wikified Jewish world?] "Jerusalem Post", December 31, 2007
* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894553395&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jewish organizations want to bring Israel studies to US campuses] "Jerusalem Post", May 2, 2007
* [http://english.meimad.org.il/ArticlePage.asp?ArticleId=132 'If the Torah isn't for everyone, it isn't for anyone'] Meimad website, September 7, 2006

ee also

*The Jerusalem Post
*David Horovitz
*Herb Keinon
*Khaled Abu Toameh

References