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Ze'ev Chafets

American novelist

Zev Chafets (born ) is an American-Israeli author and columnist.[1]

Biography

Zev Chafets was born in in Pontiac, Michigan, and raised there.[2][3][4] He graduated from the University of Michigan.[4] In Chafets was president of the National Federation of Temple Youth.

He immigrated to Israel after the Six-Day War in [4] He spent a decade in the army, government service and politics.

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    • In , he was appointed director of the Government Press Office, a post he held for five years during the administration of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Chafets was an active participant in the Egyptian-Israeli peace process and a delegate to the first Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations.

    He is the author of fourteen books of fiction, media criticism, and social and political commentary, three of which have been named Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times.

    A review in The New York Times of his book Heroes and Hustlers called him "an Israeli Tocqueville." He is also the recipient of the Wilbur Award for his book A Match Made In Heaven. His book on Detroit, Devil's Night, earned him admission to the Michigan Monthly's Detroit Hall of Fame.

    Chafets was the founding managing editor and staff columnist of The Jerusalem Report magazine. During an extended stay in the United States he was a staff columnist at the New York Daily News (beginning in ) and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Sunday Magazine.[5] In , his New York Times Magazine cover story on Mike Huckabee was a finalist for the National Magazine Award.[6] In , he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Pontiac, his American hometown.

    Following his return to Israel in , Chafets was a contributing columnist to Fox News Online (–) and Bloomberg Online (–). Many of his Bloomberg columns were reprinted in The Washington Post. In he was the co-host of The Presidential Podcast (Hebrew) on Radio Tel Aviv.

    Chafets is a strong supporter of Israel.

    Zev chafets biography of michael That Israel has the best airport security in the world? Michigan quarterly review. Later, Chafets calls it "cringe inducing" to hear Limbaugh try to show that he is not a racist by talking about his family's housekeeper when he was a boy. But I believe in individuals, everyone succeeding.

    He has been a vocal critic of Arab dictatorships, Islamic radicalism, extremist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, and what he asserts is a pro-Palestinian bias in academia and parts of the mainstream media. He is also known for his opposition to ultra-orthodox religious political parties. In , as the co-host of The Presidential Podcast (Hebrew) on Radio Tel Aviv, he opposed Donald Trump's candidacy but predicted, a few days before the election, that Trump would win.

    Chafets resides in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has four children and five grandchildren. He is married to Leah Greenspan.

    Published works

    Non-fiction

    • Double Vision: How America's Press Distorts Our View of the Middle East ()
    • Heroes and Hustlers, Hard Hats and Holy Men: Inside the New Israel ()[7]
    • Members of the Tribe (Bantam Hardcover) ()
    • Devil's Night: And Other True Tales of Detroit ()[8][9]
    • A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance (HarperCollins Hardcover - Jan 9, )[10][11][12]
    • Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame (, Bloomsbury USA)[5]
    • Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One ()[13]
    • Roger Ailes: Off Camera ()[14]
    • Remembering Who We Are: A Treasury of Conservative Commencement Addresses ()
    • The Bridge Builder ()

    Fiction

    • Inherit the Mob (Random House) ()
    • The Bookmakers (Random House) ()
    • The Project (Warner Books) ()
    • Whacking Jimmy (as William Wolf) ((Villard))
    • Hang Time (Warner Books) ()[15]

    Selected articles in magazines and newspapers

    The New York Times

    See also

    References

    1. ^"A Diluted American" Eve Silberman, Michigan Today, Spring,
    2. ^"Interview with Zev Chafets, author of Rush Limbaugh: Army of One".

      Biography of michael jackson That Jews are hated and need to protect themselves? Article Talk. Once again, sportswriters were involved. Are these things antisemitic?

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    3. ^Syme, Daniel B.; Kanter, Cindy Frenkel (). Essential Books for Jewish Readers. Carol Publishing Group. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
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      (). Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. Macmillan. ISBN&#;.

    5. ^ abMcgrath, Charles (28 July ). "Zev Chafets's 'Cooperstown Confidential': Taking a Swing at Baseball's Hall of Fame". The New York Times.
    6. ^Chafets, Zev (12 December ).

      "Mike Huckabee - Presidential Election of - Elections - Evangelical Movement - Religion - Politics - Republican Party". The New York Times.

    7. ^"Heroes and Hustlers, Hard Hats and Holy Men: Inside the New Israel". Foreign Affairs: America and the World. ISSN&#; Retrieved
    8. ^"The "White" Version: Devil's Night and Other Not So True Tales of Detroit".

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    9. ^Joseph, Lawrence (). "Can't Forget the Motor City".

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    10. ^"A Match Made in Heaven by Zev Chafets". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved
    11. ^Shmuel, Rosner.

      Zev chafets biography of michael jordan Fiction [ edit ]. Once again, sportswriters were involved. The pair exchanged many emails and Chafets was even allowed to visit the intensely private Limbaugh at his Palm Beach estate, discussing the race, racism, Obama and socialism, Michael Jackson and losing his virginity, among many other topics. Later, Chafets calls it "cringe inducing" to hear Limbaugh try to show that he is not a racist by talking about his family's housekeeper when he was a boy.

      "Zev Chafets". Haaretz. Rosner's Domain. Retrieved

    12. ^Gross, Terry (January 18, ). "Zev Chafets and the 'Israel-Evangelical Alliance'". . Fresh Air. Retrieved
    13. ^Zev Chavets (May 20, ). "The Limbaugh Victory". The New York Times. p.&#;A Retrieved
    14. ^Kakutani, Michiko (18 March ).

      "'Roger Ailes: Off Camera,' by Zev Chafets". The New York Times.

    15. ^Simon, Scott (July 13, ). "Simon/Chafets (Hah-Fetz) - Scott speaks with Zev Chafets (HAH-fetz), former press secretary for Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, about his novel "Hang Time" — a story about the kidnapping of three American basketball stars in Israel.

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    19. ^Chafets, Ze'Ev (). "The Tragedy of Detroit". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
    20. ^Chafets, Ze'Ev (). "Lives; No Regrets".

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    21. ^"No Regrets". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
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      No Regrets. YouTube. Archived from the original on

    24. ^Chafets, Zev (). "The Sy Empire". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
    25. ^"Correction: The Sy Empire". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
    26. ^Chafets, Zev ().

      "Obama's Rabbi". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved

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