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During a conversation about the Holocaust, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic told Sen. John McCain that he would have passed the “Anne Frank Test.” Jeffrey Goldberg wrote in The Atlantic that he talked every so often about the Holocaust with McCain, who died Saturday of brain cancer. McCain told him that all civilized people, and…
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Jerusalem appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at…
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of The Atlantic magazine, was forced to eat his words in an interview with the New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones. The two spoke about race in America, focusing on Hannah-Jones’ specialty, segregated schools. Hannah-Jones won a MacArthur “Genius” Award this year for her reporting on the resegregation of U.S. schools….
Bernie Sanders has played a rabbi in a movie, but that’s not the only way in which he might be a cult figure. According to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, the commitment of Sanders backers resembles a kind of religious faith. “I think for Bernie Sanders-type people, I think Bernie Sanders has become a religious figure,”…
‘Tis the season to start following some of the most hilarious, insightful and delightfully snarky people on Twitter. The Forward staff pooled together some of our very favorite Jewish twitter users — from political commentators to culture writers (and just some generally funny users in between). Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) Who she is: Guardian columnist Hadley…
The Craft of The Atlantic’s New Editor Washington journalist Jeffrey Goldberg had a productive 2016. In March, he published “The Obama Doctrine,” a 20,000-word essay on President Obama’s foreign policy, in The Atlantic. Drawing on hours of conversations with Obama and dozens of aides, critics and foreign leaders, the piece aimed “to see the world…
Jeffrey Goldberg, the prominent columnist known for his foreign policy writings and liberal Zionist commitments, was on October 11 named as the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a magazine reputed for its highbrow coverage of news and culture. “It’s certainly true that this was not in my plan for 2016,” he said in a Monday interview…
The ongoing fracas over David Samuels’ lengthy New York Times Magazine profile of Obama-whisperer Ben Rhodes has churned up a bit of media gossip about a half-forgotten Jewish journalism mystery from five years ago. Riveted? Read on, Tablet/JTA/Forward staffer/ex-staffer. In summer of 2011, Tablet made a big announcement: Jeffrey Goldberg was moving “Goldblog,” his argumentative,…
OFJCC Campus in Palo Alto, CA
Dec 11, 2022
5 pm ET ·
Do the recent Israeli elections have an impact on the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry? Bear witness as rock stars of Israeli policy come together for a frank conversation about the Israeli elections as seen from the vantage points of statecraft, diplomacy, academia and politics.
