Anshel Pfeffer

Anshel Pfeffer (Hebrew: אנשיל פפר, born 22 June 1973) is a British-Israeli journalist. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz, covering military, Jewish and international affairs, and Israel correspondent for The Economist.[1][2]

Personal life

Pfeffer was born to a Jewish family in Manchester in the United Kingdom.[3][4]

Career

Pfeffer has been a working journalist since 1997.[3] He has written for a variety of publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Times.[5]

His Haaretz column, "Jerusalem & Babylon",[6] was a series of articles which covered issues relating to Israel and to Jewish identity, for which he received the B'nai B'rith award for "Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage"[4][7][8]

Pfeffer's British passport has enabled Haaretz to send him to cover the 2011 Egyptian Revolution as Egypt is reluctant to permit entry to Israelis.[3]

Works

  • Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Basic Books, 2018.

References

  1. ^ "Anshel Pfeffer". The Guardian. August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Netanyahu's strategy of long-term conflict with Palestinians may backfire, says biographer". CBC. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Remnick, David (28 February 2011). "The Dissenters". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Q&A with Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer". Haaretz. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Anshel Pfeffer Haaretz Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com.
  6. ^ "Jerusalem & Babylon". Haaretz. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ^ Izikovitch, Gili (22 April 2010). "Haaretz correspondent Anshel Pfeffer wins journalism award". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Award winners named for Diaspora reporting". Jewish Journal. 22 April 2010.

Further reading

  • Jonathan Freedland, "Trump's Chaver in Jerusalem" (review of Anshel Pfeffer, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Basic Books, 2018), New York Review of Books, vol. LXV, no 13 (16 August 2018), pp. 32–34.
  • Adam Shatz, "The sea is the same sea" (review of Anshel Pfeffer, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Hurst, May 2018, ISBN 978 1 84904 988 7), London Review of Books, vol. 40, no. 16 (30 August 2018), pp. 24, 26–28.
  • Anshel Pfeffer's author page (in Russian)
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