Aluf Benn
Aluf Benn (Template:Lang-he, born 1965) is an Israeli journalist, author and editor-in-chief[1] of the liberal Israeli national daily Haaretz.
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 ("General"), was received in memory of his uncle General Horowitz who was killed in action in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli retribution operations of 1955.[2]
Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a degree from Tel Aviv University.[1]
He began working for the paper Ha'Ir in 1986, and Hebraicized his surname Bomstein to Benn. In 1989, he moved to the newspaper Ha'aretz, 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b Haaretz writers
- ^ interview on eye7 (hebrew)
- ^ "Aluf Benn named new editor-in-chief of Haaretz". Haaretz. Retrieved on 1 August 2011.
External links
- Column archivve at Business Insider
- Column archivve at Foreign Affairs
- Column archive at The Guardian
- Column archive at Ha'aretz
- Column archive at The National Interest
- Column archive at Salon
- Aluf Benn on Charlie Rose
- Aluf Benn at IMDb
- Aluf Benn at Journalisted
- Why Won’t Obama Talk to Israel?, Aluf Benn, The New York Times, July 27, 2009