Ari Shavit

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Ari Shavit
Born 1957 (age 66–67)
Rehovot, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Alma mater Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation Writer, Journalist
Known for - Columnist at Haaretz
- Author of the award winning 2013 book My Promised Land

Ari Shavit (Hebrew: ארי שביט; born 1957) is an Israeli reporter and writer. He is a Senior Correspondent at the left-of-center Israeli newspaper Haaretz and the author of the 2013 New York Times Best Seller My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel.

Biography

Shavit was born in Rehovot, Israel, and studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His father was a scientist and his mother was an artist. Some of his ancestors were early leading Zionists.[1]

Career

Shavit has been a columnist for Haaretz since 1995.[2] His work has also appeared in The New Yorker,[3] The New York Times,[4] and Politico.[5]

In 2013, Shavit released the historical nonfiction novel My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. It was a New York Times Best Seller[6] and received wide-spread acclaim. The New York Times listed My Promised Land in its "100 Notable Books of 2013",[7] The Economist named it as one of the best books of 2013,[8] it received the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award in History from the Jewish Book Council,[9] and it won the Natan Book Award.[10] In September 2014, Shavit traveled to Cleveland, Ohio to accept the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award[11] in nonfiction for "My Promised Land," and delivered a talk at the Cleveland City Club[12] about the necessity of American leadership in the Middle East.

My Promised Land has also received criticism, including by Norman Finkelstein.[13]

Works

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References

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  2. ↑ Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, p. xiii.
  3. ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/10/21/131021fa_fact_shavit
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  10. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/culture/books/.premium-1.527546
  11. ↑ http://www.anisfield-wolf.org
  12. ↑ https://www.cityclub.org/events/my-promised-land-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-israel
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