March 12, 2007

(San Francisco, CA) – David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Report and expert on Israeli and Jewish affairs, will be in San Francisco on Thursday, March 15 to discuss the day-to-day challenges of life in Israel and what it means to try to live a normal life in abnormal circumstances. To arrange an interview please contact Beth Rifkin at 415.474.7549 or bethr@sfjcf.org.

As a veteran of the Israeli news scene, Horovitz provides a distinctive view of Israel’s current affairs. David Horovitz was appointed editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post in October 2004. Previously he worked at the award-winning newsmagazine The Jerusalem Report, where he was the editor from 1998 and publisher from 2001.

Horovitz has also written for newspapers around the world, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Irish Times and The (London) Independent. He has been a frequent interviewee on CNN, the BBC, NPR and other TV and radio stations.
 
Horovitz is the author of several books regarding Israel, including Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism (2004) and A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel (2000). He also edited and co-wrote with other staff members The Jerusalem Report’s 1996 biography of Yitzhak Rabin, Shalom, Friend, which was published in 12 countries and won the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Nonfiction.

Horovitz will be speaking at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco at 3200 California Street, Thursday on March 15, 2007, 8:00 p.m. The event is sold out; to attend please contact Beth Rifkin (contact information given above).

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