Aluf Benn
{{Short description|Israeli journalist}}
{{Infobox journalist
| name = Aluf Benn
| image = Aluf Ben.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}}
| birth_place = Ramat HaSharon, Israel
| occupation = Journalist
| nationality = Israeli
| education = Tel Aviv University,
Northwestern University
}}
Aluf Benn ({{langx|he|אלוף בן}}, born 1965) is an Israeli journalist, author and editor-in-chief of the liberal Israeli national daily Haaretz.[http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/aluf-benn-1.275 Aluf Benn author page] at Haaretz
Biography
Aluf Bomstein (later Benn) was born in Ramat HaSharon, son of Atida and 2010 Israel Prize poet laureate Aryeh Bomstein (who publishes under Aryeh Sivan). He was named for his uncle, Aluf Horowitz, who was killed in action in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli retribution operations of 1955.{{cite web |url=http://www.izkor.gov.il/HalalKorot.aspx?id=46731 |script-title=he:הורביץ, אלוף ("לופי") |language=he |trans-title=Horowitz, Aluf ("Lupi") |publisher=IDF}}[http://www.the7eye.org.il/lexicon/Pages/Aluf_Benn.aspx interview on eye7 (Hebrew)]
Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a degree from Tel Aviv University.
Media 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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
On August 1, 2011, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Haaretz.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/aluf-benn-named-new-editor-in-chief-of-haaretz-1.376311 |title=Aluf Benn named new editor-in-chief of Haaretz |newspaper=Haaretz |accessdate=August 1, 2011}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.businessinsider.com/author/aluf-benn Column archive] at Business Insider
- [http://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/aluf-benn Column archive] at Foreign Affairs
- [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/aluf-benn Column archive] at The Guardian
- [http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/aluf-benn-1.275 Column archive] at Haaretz
- [http://nationalinterest.org/profile/aluf-benn Column archive] at The National Interest
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917153541/http://dir.salon.com/topics/aluf_benn/ Column archive] at Salon.com
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- [http://journalisted.com/aluf-benn Aluf Benn] at Journalisted
- {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/opinion/28benn.html?r=1 |title=Why Won't Obama Talk to Israel? |author=Aluf Benn |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 27, 2009}}
- {{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/07/the-white-house-reacts-to-aluf-benns-arguments/22284/ |title=The White House Reacts to Aluf Benn's Arguments |author=Jeffrey Goldberg |author-link=Jeffrey Goldberg |date=July 28, 2009}}
- [http://fathomjournal.org/author/aluf-benn/ The Politics of Benjamin Netanyahu: An interview with Aluf Benn - Fathom Journal]
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Category:Kellogg School of Management alumni
Category:Tel Aviv University alumni
Category:People from Ramat HaSharon