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.

Where the Political Is Personal

A Little Too Close to God The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel. By David Horovitz. 311 pp. New York: Alfred A Knopf. $26. When I first picked up David Horovitz's "A Little Too Close to God," my first thought was, "Dayenu" (loose translation for those reading the English-only Haggadah: "Enough already"). It is a well-known fact that the People of the Book are in reality the People of the Book Proposal, and so the world has been overly blessed by books… More »

Lagos Diarist: Fixed

Midway through bellview Airlines Flight 204 from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria--shortly after a delightful in-flight lunch of warm fish-paste sandwiches--our pilot made the following announcement: "Now is speaking Captain Popovich. Weather outside plane is nice. Weather in Lagos also nice. Soon we land Murtala Muhammed Airport." Captain Popovich was a Serb, and a Serb of few words. He was also, I would soon see, a Serb with bloodshot eyes, a three-day growth of beard,… More »

Epidemic Proportions

Questions for Peter Piot: The U. N.'s point man on AIDS discusses whether the drug companies' new policies mean anything on the continent hardest hit. More »

A Continent's Chaos

Why do Americans find it intolerable in Europe but inevitable in Africa? More »

Diaper Diplomacy

Encounter with Jamie Rubin: In anticipation of his new life as a stay-at-home dad, the former State Department spokesman gets a lesson in fatherly duties. More »

Superhero Showdown

The Shopping Avenger discovers an upstart competitor, trashes U-Haul, and gets dissed by Eddie Bauer. More »

Learning How To Be King

"The things is," says His Majesty Abdullah II, the 38-year-old king of Jordan and 43rd-generation direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, "is that I've become a bit like Elvis." People see him where he ain't, in other words. "There are sightings all over the place," he says. Since ascending the Hashemite throne last February, Abdullah has made it a habit to inspect his kingdom in mufti. "The bureaucrats are terrified. It's great." Today, Elvis is flying to… More »

The Lives They Lived: Mario Puzo, b. 1920

Sammy the Bull Explains How The Mob Got Made More »

The Coolest Guy In All of Jersey

The Garden State's two greatest cultural exports, Bruce Springsteen and 'The Sopranos,' have one thing in common: Steven Van Zandt. More »

Wiener Whining at Super 8

Shopping Avenger, that notorious lover of phallic puppies, fights for your right to lodge (at no extra cost) with your pets More »

I, Antichrist?

I'm Jewish. I'm male. I'm alive. By Jerry Falwell's standards, that puts me on the short-list of candidates. More »

A Joy Ride With Ralph Nader

The car industry's fiercest critic is taken for a spin in the most expensive S.U.V. ever made. More »

Microbes on the Move

West Nile fever could end up being the least of New York's fears. More »

You Don't Tug on the Avenger's Cape

And U-Haul, TWA, and British Airways will be advised to keep their hands off his codpiece, too. More »

Israel's Y2K Problem

There are Jews who want to seize the Temple Mount by any means necessary. And Christians who want to see the Jewish Temple rebuilt--and destroyed to bring on Armageddon. And Muslims who will never give up the Dome of the Rock. Will the peace process be stalled by the apocalypse? More »

Love Is All Around

Orrin Hatch is a distinguished U.S. Senator who is running for the Presidency. But what he really likes to do is sing sweet songs of love. More »

It's Time To Keelhaul U-Haul!

The Shopping Avenger: The caped consumer crusader finds enlightenment but fails to right marketplace wrongs. More »

The Book Club: A Selection of Self-Help Books

With Emily Yoffe, a discussion of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and It's All Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson; The Art of Happiness, by the Dalai Lama; One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, by Iyanla Vanzant. More »

Air Sickness

The Shopping Avenger: The Caped Consumer Crusader takes on Northwest Airlines et al. More »

The Color of Suspicion

From the front seat of a police cruiser, racial profiling is not racism. It's a tool--and cops have no intention of giving it up. More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Protests Spread Across Brazil

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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.