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sb_Isreal_Experts_Asa-elAmotz Asa-El

President of BusinessWeek Israel, Fellow at the Shalem Center, Middle East Commentator at the Wall Street Journal Market/Watch, former Executive Editor of the Jerusalem Post

Having originally joined the Jerusalem Post as its Business Editor (1995 -1999), Asa-El was later the Post's News Editor (1999-2000) and Editor-in-Chief of its overseas edition, the International Jerusalem Post (2000-2002), before serving as the Jerusalem Post's Executive Editor (2002-2005).

In these positions, Asa-El led the Post's editorial line that blended economic conservatism, diplomatic pragmatism, political reform and cultural traditionalism. Meanwhile, he oversaw the redesign of the daily Jerusalem Post, the remodeling of its weekend magazines and supplements, and the reconceptualizing of the International Jerusalem Post as an independent news weekly.

In 2006 Asa-El convinced McGraw-Hill to launch an Israel-based, Hebrew-language edition of BusinessWeek, the world?s most widely circulating business publication. In January 2008 the first issue was published and circulated in Israel.

A fellow at the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem-based conservative think tank, and a lecturer at its Institute for Philosophy, Politics and Religion, Asa-El remains the Jerusalem Post's "Middle Israel" columnist. The column, now in its 14th year, appears every weekend and is a unique attempt to present in English the average Israeli's view on anything, from politics and religion to culture and business. Asa-El and his column have been quoted or published along the years by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Economist, the New Republic, Le Figaro, Azure, Harvard Political Review, the Wall Street Journal/MarketWatch, the Australian, the Australia Financial Review, Jornal do Brasil, the India Times, Politiken and others.

Author of "The Diaspora and the Lost Tribes of Israel," an Amazon bestseller in Jewish history that traces the wanderings of the Jews, Asa-El's writing on Diaspora affairs has been awarded twice (1998 and 2004) by Bnai Brith. His book was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal as "an engaging history of the Jewish experience" that "vividly captures the creativity and nomadic quality of the Jewish people."

Amotz Asa-El is a highly demanded speaker who has been invited on lecture tours to the US, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand where he addressed business leaders, diplomats, legislators, journalists, clergy and academic forums on issues relating to Middle Eastern, international and Jewish affairs. His lectures were sponsored among others by AIPAC, JNF, ADL, the American Jewish Committee, the Canada Israel Committee, the Australia Israel Jewish Affairs Council, United Israel Appeal, Hadassah and Bnai Brith, as well as a variety of universities from Harvard and Columbia to the University of Melbourne and the Royal Military College of Canada.

A former Israeli delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Asa-El holds advanced degrees in journalism and history from Columbia University in New York and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their three children.

 

Fee (Explanation): $

Availability: Amotz lives in Israel and frequently comes to the US for speaking engagements.
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