Jeffrey Mark Goldberg (born September 1965) is an American journalist. He is an author and a staff writer for
The Atlantic, having previously worked for
The New Yorker. Goldberg writes principally on foreign affairs, with a focus on the
Middle East and
Africa.
Michael Massing, an editor of the
Columbia Journalism Review, called Goldberg "the most influential journalist/blogger on matters related to Israel".
Michael Massing, "",
New York Book Review Volume 56, Number 13 (August 13, 2009).
Background
Goldberg was born in
Brooklyn,
New York, and raised in
Malverne,
New York.He attended the
University of Pennsylvania, where he was editor-in-chief of
The Daily Pennsylvanian. While at Penn he worked at the
Hillel kitchen serving lunch to students. He left college to move to
Israel, where he served in the
Israeli Defense Forces as a prison guard during the
First Intifada. He later returned to the
United States to continue his journalism career, and now lives in
Washington, DC, with his wife and three children.
Journalism career
Goldberg began his career at
The Washington Post, where he was a police reporter. While in Israel, he worked as a columnist for
The Jerusalem Post, and upon his return to the US served as the New York bureau chief of
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