Skip Navigation
Jeffrey Goldberg

Jeffrey Goldberg - Jeffrey Goldberg is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. Author of the book Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror, Goldberg also writes the magazine's advice column.
More

Before joining The Atlantic in 2007, Goldberg was a Middle East correspondent, and the Washington correspondent, for The New Yorker. Previously, he served as a correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and New York magazine. He has also written for the Jewish Daily Forward, and was a columnist for The Jerusalem Post.

His book Prisoners was hailed as one of the best books of 2006 by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The Progressive, Washingtonian magazine, and Playboy. Goldberg rthe recipient of the 2003 National Magazine Award for Reporting for his coverage of Islamic terrorism. He is also the winner of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists prize for best international investigative journalist; the Overseas Press Club award for best human-rights reporting; and the Abraham Cahan Prize in Journalism. He is also the recipient of 2005's Anti-Defamation League Daniel Pearl Prize.

In 2001, Goldberg was appointed the Syrkin Fellow in Letters of the Jerusalem Foundation, and in 2002 he became a public-policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
« Previous Goldberg | Next Goldberg » Email Email Print Print

Semi-Good News from Lebanon

By Jeffrey Goldberg

Jun 8 2009, 9:44 AM ET Comment

Hezbollah made no electoral advances yesterday, which is positive news (unless you happen to be Hezbollah's Jewish supporter), but Avi Issacharoff notes that not much, in fact, will change:

For the duration of their next term in power, Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's cabinet and majority leader Saad Hariri's coalition will be dependent on Hezbollah's goodwill. With last summer's violent showdown, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made absolutely clear who is in charge.



Presented by

More at The Atlantic

A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of Musical Instinct A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of Musical Instinct
Beating History: Why Today's Rising Powers Can't Copy the West Why Today's Rising Economies Can't Copy the West
In Minnesota, a School District Overturns Its Policy of Silence In Minnesota, a School District Overturns Its Policy of Silence
Tiger Woods Should See a Psychiatrist Tiger Should See a Psychiatrist
Egypt vs Israel: How Congress Weighs the Risks of Cutting Our Aid to Cairo The Risks of Cutting U.S. Aid to Cairo

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus
Special Report
The Civil War National Portrait Gallery The Civil War
President Obama reflects on what Lincoln means to him and to America, in an introduction to our special issue. Read more ›

Correspondents

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

World Press Photo Contest 2012

Feb 15, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

Jeffrey Goldberg
from the Magazine

Grapes of Wrath

What the 12 most famous words ever published in The Atlantic tell us about the spirit that inspired…

Chris Christie

A GOP governor slams those inciting anti-Muslim bigotry