Gershom Gorenberg ( he, גרשום גורנברג) is an

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journalist, and blogger,South Jerusalem: Gershom Gorenberg
Accessed March 25, 2008. specializing in Middle Eastern politics and the interaction of religion and politics. He is currently a senior correspondent for ''

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'', a monthly American political magazine.Gershom Gorenberg Article Index
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''. Accessed March 19, 2007. Gorenberg self-identifies as "a left-wing, skeptical Orthodox Zionist Jew".

Early life and education

Gorenberg was born in St. Louis, and grew up in

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. In 1977, he traveled to Israel to study, and ultimately decided to immigrate to the country, becoming an American-Israeli dual citizen.Very Interesting People: Interview with Gershom Gorenberg
. Gavin J. Grant. ''

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''. Accessed March 19, 2007: Gorenberg graduated from the

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, and earned his M.A. in education from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. He lives in

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, with his wife, journalist Myra Noveck, and three children.

Career

For many years, Gorenberg served as an associate editor of '' The Jerusalem Report,'' an Israeli bi-weekly news magazine. In 1996, he edited a selected collection of Jerusalem Report essays published under the title "Seventy Facets: A Commentary on the Torah from the Pages from the Jerusalem Report", and co-authored the Jerusalem Report's biography of

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

, ''Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin''. Gorenberg is now a senior correspondent for ''

'', an American political monthly. As a published author, Gorenberg is best known for his study on the origins of Israeli settlements in

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following the 1967

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, ''The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977'' (2006). ''The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount'' was published in 2000. In ''The Unmaking of Israel'' (2011), Gorenberg decries the settler movement and how government support for the

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is undermining Israeli democracy. Gorenberg has contributed features and commentary on politics, religion, and aspects of Israeli-American relations to newspapers including ''

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'',Israel's Tragedy Foretold
Gershom Gorenberg. ''

. March 10, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2007. ''

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'',Paying for Israel's makeover: U.S. funds for a controversial settlement pullback could help advance a peace agreement
Gershom Gorenberg. ''

''. May 22, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2007. and ''

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''.Israel's Half-Plan
Gershom Gorenberg. ''

.'' May 18, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2007 Gorenberg blogs a
South Jerusalem
together with

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. He is a frequent guest on

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, particularly in discussions related to Israel. Gorenberg was an associate of the now-closed Center for Millennial Studies at

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Bibliography

* ''The Unmaking of Israel''. Harper. 2011. ** See also:

Israeli settlements Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...

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* ''The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977.'' Times Press. 2006. ** Reviews: ** See also:

* ''The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount.'' Diane Publishing Company. 2000. ** Reviews:
Religion and Ethnics Newsweekly: Interview with Gershom Gorenberg on The Temple Mount
'. Missy Daneil.

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. December 15, 2000. Accessed March 29, 2007. ** See also:

Christian Zionism Christian Zionism is a belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 were in accordance with Bible prophecy. The term began to be used in the mid-20th century in ...

Temple Mount The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compou ...

* ''Seventy Facets: A Commentary on the Torah from the Pages of the Jerusalem Report.'' (Editor.) Jason Aronson Press. 1996. ** See also:

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* ''Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin.'' (Co-author.) Newmarket Press. 1996. ** Awards:

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References

External links

Gershom Gorenberg's Article List
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South Jerusalem: A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature

Video discussions/debates involving Gorenberg
on

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