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Ethan Bronner

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Ethan Samuel Bronner
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Alma materWesleyan University Columbia University
Occupation(s)Journalist, essayist, author
Notable credit(s)The New York Times
The Boston Globe
SpouseNaomi Kehati
Children2

Ethan Bronner(born 1954) isIsraelbureau chief and a senior editor for theMiddle EastatBloomberg News,which he joined in 2015 following 17 years atThe New York Times.

Biography

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Bronner is a graduate ofWesleyan University's College of Letters and theColumbia UniversityGraduate School of Journalism. He began his journalistic career atReutersin 1980, reporting from London, Madrid, Brussels and Jerusalem. From 1985 until 1997, he worked forThe Boston Globe.He started as a general assignment and urban affairs reporter. He went on to be the paper'sSupreme Courtand legal affairs correspondent in Washington, D.C. and then its Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem.[1]

He then accepted a position withThe New York Times,where he was the paper's national education correspondent from 1997 to 1999 and its education editor from 1999 to 2001. In 2001, he transferred to the paper's investigative unit which focused on theSeptember 11 attacks.A series of articles onal Qaedathat Bronner helped edit during that time was awarded the 2001Pulitzer Prizefor explanatory journalism. He then served as assistant editorial page editor and in 2004, he became its deputy foreign editor. From 2008 to 2012 he wasThe Times'Jerusalembureau chief. He rotated out of Jerusalem in 2012 and spent a year as theNYT's national legal reporter, then became its deputy national editor. In 2015, he accepted a position as senior editor at Bloomberg News where he edits and writes investigative and analytic articles dealing mostly with international affairs. In March 2023, he became Israel bureau chief.

Bronner is the author ofBattle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America(Norton, 1989), which was chosen byThe New York Public Libraryas one of the 25 best books of 1989.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Personal

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Bronner and his wife Naomi Kehati, an Israeli-born psychologist,[1]live in Tel Aviv. They have two sons,[8]Eli and Gabriel. His son served in theIsrael Defense Forces.[1][9]

Bibliography

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  • Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America.New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1989.ISBN0-393-02690-6

References

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  1. ^abcJewish Star:"Halpern: No conflict of interest - I'm thinking" by Micah D. HalpernFebruary 12, 2010/ 28 Shvat 5770
  2. ^"Ethan Bronner, the New York Times' Jerusalem bureau chief, will discuss covering the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on February 3, 2010".Vassar College. 2010-01-08.Retrieved2013-09-25.
  3. ^"Wesleyan University Alumni Trustee Elections web page".Wesleyan University.Retrieved2013-09-25.
  4. ^Bronner, Ethan."Ethan Bronner".The New York Times.Retrieved2013-09-25.
  5. ^"'Times' Journalist Ethan Bronner On Gaza Conflict ".Fresh Air.NPR. January 27, 2009.Retrieved2013-09-25.
  6. ^"Charlie Rose".charlierose.com. February 4, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon September 27, 2013.Retrieved2013-09-25.
  7. ^"Charlie Rose".charlierose.com. July 24, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon September 27, 2013.Retrieved2013-09-25.
  8. ^New York Times: "Ethan Bronner"retrieved February 12, 2017
  9. ^Rosenblatt, Gary (May 22, 2019)."With NY Times Under Siege, Jewish Reporters Hit Back".The New York Jewish Week.Bronner, whose wife is Israeli and whose younger son served in the IDF
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