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November 1, 2011

The blog Rosner's Domain is written by Shmuel Rosner, the senior political editor for The Jewish Journal.

Rosner is a columnist and editor based in Tel Aviv. He is a contributing opinion columnist for The International New York Times. He is a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute. And he is the chief nonfiction editor for Kinneret-Zmora-Dvir, the leading Israeli book publisher. 

Rosner was previously a columnist for The Jerusalem Post (2008-2011) and was chief United States correspondent, head of the news division and head of the features division at the daily newspaper Haaretz, where he worked from 1996 to 2008. He has written for many publications, including Slate, Foreign Policy, Commentary, The New Republic, and The Jewish Review of Books.

Rosner is the author of two books: “Shtetl Bagel Baseball, on the Wonderful Dreadful State of American Jews” (Hebrew, Keter, 2011) and “The Jewish Vote: Obama vs. Romney, A Jewish Voter’s Guide” (English, Jewish Journal Books, 2012).

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