Aluf Benn
Aluf Benn (Hebrew: אלוף בן, born 1965) is an Israeli journalist, author and editor-in-chief[1] of the liberal Israeli national daily Haaretz.
Personal
Born in Ramat HaSharon in 1965 he was originally named Aluf Bomstein, son of Atida and 2010 Israel Prize poet laureate Aryeh Bomstein (who publishes under Aryeh Sivan). His unique name, Aluf, was received in memory of his uncle, Pvt. Aluf Horowitz, who was killed in action in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli retribution operations of 1955.[2][3]
Education
Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a degree from Tel Aviv University.[1]
Career
He began working for the paper Ha'Ir in 1986, and Hebraicized his surname Bomstein to Benn. In 1989, he moved to the newspaper Haaretz, where he served in various roles, including night editor, investigative reporter, head of the news division and wrote on security matters.
His articles have been published in a variety of international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs and Newsweek.
On August 1, 2011, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Haaretz.[4]
References
- 1 2 Aluf Benn author page at Haaretz
- ↑ "הורביץ, אלוף ("לופי")" [Horowitz, Aluf ("Lupi")] (in Hebrew). IDF.
- ↑ interview on eye7 (Hebrew)
- ↑ "Aluf Benn named new editor-in-chief of Haaretz". Haaretz. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
External links
- Column archive at Business Insider
- Column archive at Foreign Affairs
- Column archive at The Guardian
- Column archive at Haaretz
- Column archive at The National Interest
- Column archive at Salon.com
- Aluf Benn on Charlie Rose
- Aluf Benn at the Internet Movie Database
- Aluf Benn at Journalisted
- Aluf Benn (July 27, 2009). "Why Won't Obama Talk to Israel?". The New York Times.
- Jeffrey Goldberg (July 28, 2009). "The White House Reacts to Aluf Benn's Arguments".
- The Politics of Benjamin Netanyahu: An interview with Aluf Benn - Fathom Journal