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.

Issue June 2013

Problem: I Think My Wife Is Annoyed That I Went to Paris Without Her

Our advice columnist to the rescue

Signing Off

Signing Off

I'm not going to rehearse the manifold victories of Goldblog, or wallow in its setbacks. More »

If You're in Washington, D.C., on May 28 and Think About the Future of Israel ...

If You're in Washington, D.C., on May 28 and Think About the Future of Israel ...

Come to our panel! More »

Just What Makes Goldblog a Middle East Expert, Anyway?

Just What Makes Goldblog a Middle East Expert, Anyway?

A look at the archival evidence More »

Issue May 2013

Problem: My Neighbor Is Having Shockingly Loud Sex All the Time

Try blasting recordings of chimpanzees. Our advice columnist to the rescue.

Is This the End of Goldblog?

Is This the End of Goldblog?

Watch this space for further developments. More »

Do You Really Need a Silencer to Kill a Deer?

Do You Really Need a Silencer to Kill a Deer?

Silencers have their legitimate uses. But hunting Osama bin Laden is one thing; hunting "varmints" is another. More »

Remembering Michael Kelly

Remembering Michael Kelly

I miss Michael a lot, not least because he was one of the few funny people in Washington, but also because I miss what he would have written over the past ten years. More »

Happy Passover

Happy Passover

Celebrating the holiday that provided the world with what long ago became its most important, and metaphor-ready, story of human liberation More »

If Obama Had Given That Speech at AIPAC ...

If Obama Had Given That Speech at AIPAC ...

... quite a few people in attendance would have booed him. More »

Quick Reactions to the Obama Speech in Jerusalem

Quick Reactions to the Obama Speech in Jerusalem

For one thing, the President answered the kishka question -- the gut question -- pretty well. More »

Operation Desert Schmooze, Hi-Tech Edition

Operation Desert Schmooze, Hi-Tech Edition

Is this the most expensive Birthright trip ever staged? More »

Issue April 2013

There's a War Criminal at My Gym

Our advice columnist to the rescue

What Obama Will Tell Young Israelis Tomorrow

What Obama Will Tell Young Israelis Tomorrow

Tomorrow's speech could be the moment he pivots to the challenges of the peace process. More »

Operation Desert Schmooze Commences

Operation Desert Schmooze Commences

The president's mission, to charm the pants off Israelis, seems to be working -- so far. More »

Issue April 2013

The Modern King in the Arab Spring

Amid the social and political transformations reshaping the Middle East, can Jordan's Abdullah II, the region's most pro-American Arab leader, liberalize his kingdom, modernize its economy, and save the country from capture by Islamist radicals?

What Obama's Ideal Day in Israel Would Look Like, vs. the Dispiriting Reality

What Obama's Ideal Day in Israel Would Look Like, vs. the Dispiriting Reality

If the president had the time to himself, this is how he might spend it. More »

Greatest Hidden Detail in a New York Times Story of the Past Week

Greatest Hidden Detail in a New York Times Story of the Past Week

Here at Goldblog, we are keen to find the court records for this particular case. More »

Three Reasons Obama Is Traveling to Israel

President Obama heads next week to Israel, with a side trip to the West Bank and an overnight visit to Jordan. He will not be going to oversee peace negotiations, nor will he be bringing a specific peace plan with him. Instead, he's going to reintroduce himself to the region. Specifically, he's going to speak directly to the Israeli people, over the head, if necessary, of the prime minister, with whom he generally sees not eye-to-eye. (Which is not to say their… More »

Samira Ibrahim 'Refuses to Apologize' for Her Tweets

Samira Ibrahim 'Refuses to Apologize' for Her Tweets

...and the State Department and the White House have narrowly averted a moral and public relations disaster. More »

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Problem: I Think My Wife Is Annoyed That I Went to Paris Without Her

Our advice columnist to the rescue

Problem: My Neighbor Is Having Shockingly Loud Sex All the Time

Try blasting recordings of chimpanzees. Our advice columnist to the rescue.