Yaakov Katz (journalist)

Yaakov Katz (Hebrew: יעקב כץ‎, born 1979) is an American-born Israeli journalist and author who currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post.

Katz (left) with US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo in 2019

Career

Katz completed a law degree from Bar Ilan University in 2007, and in 2013, was selected as an outstanding alumnus.[1]

From 2003 to 2013 Katz was the military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post,[2] and has also worked as the Israel correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly[3] and USA Today.[4] His writings have also appeared in the Washington Post[5], New York Post[6], Daily Beast,[7] Al Jazeera English, Israel Defense, Newsmax, Special Operations Report, Fair Observer[8] and other publications.

In 2012-2013, Katz was one of 12 international fellows to spend a year at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism[9][10] at Harvard.

In 2013 Katz became a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Israel's Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett.[2]

He became Editor-in-Chief at The Jerusalem Post in 2016.[11][12]

His first book, Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War,[13] which Katz co-authored with Yoaz Hendel was published by Potomac Books in 2012 in the US and by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan in Israel, where it spent several weeks on the bestseller list.

His second book - "Weapons Wizards" - written together with veteran Walla News military correspondent Amir Bohbot was published by St. Martin's Press in the Fall of 2016 and tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Israel invented its revolutionary weapons and military technology.[14][15] It has been translated in Czech, Polish, Hebrew and Chinese.

His most recent book is "Shadow Strike - Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power" which was published in May 2019 by St. Martin's Press.[16]

Katz has lectured at dozens of college campuses across the US and is a frequent speaker on issues relating to Israeli security and Middle East politics.[17][18]

Personal Life

Originally from Chicago, Katz moved to Israel in 1996.[2] He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their four children.

Bibliography
  • Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War, with Yaoz Hendel (Zmora -Bitan Books, April 2011, Potomac Books 2012, ISBN 9781597976688) Google Books
  • The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower, with Amir Bohbot (St. Martin's Press, January 2017, ISBN 9781250088338)[19]
  • Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power (St. Martin's Press, May 2019, ISBN 9781250191274)[20]

References
  1. "Bar-Ilan Alumni Yaakov Katz: How Judaism has Created the World's most Moral Army". www.biubogrim.org.il. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  2. "'Post' military reporter Yaakov Katz named adviser to Bennett". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  3. "Jewish National Fund". www.jnf.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  4. "Topics Index Page - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  5. "Perspective | It's up to Israelis to stop Iran's nuclear program. Here's how they did it before".
  6. "Yaakov Katz".
  7. "Yaakov Katz". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  8. "Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War - Fair Observer". Fair Observer. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  9. "'Post' reporter wins Harvard fellowship". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  10. "Yaakov Katz - Nieman Foundation". nieman.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  11. "Yaakov Katz named new 'Post' editor-in-chief". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  12. "עורך חדש ל"ג'רוזלם פוסט": יעקב כץ יחליף את סטיב לינדה". Walla News. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  13. "Israel vs. Iran - University of Nebraska Press". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  14. "Grapevine: Cutting-edge celebrations". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  15. Brooks, Rosa (3 February 2017). "How David Became Goliath: The Secret of Israel's Military Success". The New York Times.
  16. "Shadow Strike | Yaakov Katz | Macmillan".
  17. "2013 New Haven Community Event". www.aipac.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  18. "Hasbara Fellowships - The Hasbara Campus Blog". www.hasbarafellowships.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  19. "The Weapon Wizards | Yaakov Katz | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  20. "Shadow Strike | Yaakov Katz | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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