Anshel Pfeffer
{{Short description|British-Israeli journalist (born 1973)}}
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Anshel Pfeffer ({{Langx|he|אנשיל פפר}}; born 22 June 1973) is a British-Israeli journalist. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz, covering military, Jewish and international affairs, and Israel correspondent for The Economist.{{cite news|title=Anshel Pfeffer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/anshel-pfeffer|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=The Guardian|date=August 2014}}{{cite news |title=Netanyahu's strategy of long-term conflict with Palestinians may backfire, says biographer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/january-6-2019-the-sunday-edition-with-michael-enright-1.4964589/netanyahu-s-strategy-of-long-term-conflict-with-palestinians-may-backfire-says-biographer-1.4964735 |accessdate=28 June 2020 |agency=CBC}}
Personal life
Pfeffer was born to a Jewish family in Manchester in the United Kingdom.{{cite magazine|last1=Remnick|first1=David|title=The Dissenters|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/28/the-dissenters|accessdate=17 November 2014|magazine=The New Yorker|date=28 February 2011}}{{cite news|title=Q&A with Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/1.605015|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=16 June 2014}}
Career
Pfeffer has been a working journalist since 1997. He has written for a variety of publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Times.{{cite web |title=Anshel Pfeffer Haaretz Journalist {{!}} Muck Rack |url=https://muckrack.com/anshel-pfeffer |website=muckrack.com |language=en}}
His Haaretz column, "Jerusalem & Babylon",{{cite news|title=Jerusalem & Babylon|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/jerusalem-babylon|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=14 November 2014}} was a series of articles which covered issues relating to Israel and to Jewish identity, for which he received the B'nai B'rith award for "Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage"{{cite news|last1=Izikovitch|first1=Gili|title=Haaretz correspondent Anshel Pfeffer wins journalism award|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-correspondent-anshel-pfeffer-wins-journalism-award-1.284693|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Haaretz|date=22 April 2010}}{{cite web |title=Award winners named for Diaspora reporting |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/78733/ |website=Jewish Journal |date=22 April 2010}}
Pfeffer's British passport has enabled Haaretz to send him to cover the 2011 Egyptian Revolution as Egypt is reluctant to permit entry to Israelis.
Works
- Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Basic Books, 2018.
References
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Further reading
- Jonathan Freedland, "Trump's Chaver in Jerusalem" (review of Anshel Pfeffer, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Basic Books, 2018), New York Review of Books, vol. LXV, no 13 (16 August 2018), pp. 32–34.
- Adam Shatz, "The sea is the same sea" (review of Anshel Pfeffer, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Hurst, May 2018, {{ISBN|978 1 84904 988 7}}), London Review of Books, vol. 40, no. 16 (30 August 2018), pp. 24, 26–28.
- [https://detaly.co.il/author/anshelpfefer/ Anshel Pfeffer's author page] (in Russian)
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Category:British male journalists
Category:British emigrants to Israel
Category:Writers from Manchester
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