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.

Was Gen. Dempsey Goading Israel to Attack Iran?

Was Gen. Dempsey Goading Israel to Attack Iran?

Another interpretation of the head of the Joint Chiefs of the Staff's comments on U.S. complicity in an Israeli attack on Iran. More »

Ayatollah Khamenei Talks to a Chair

Ayatollah Khamenei Talks to a Chair

Exclusive reporting form inside the Iranian leader's bunker. More »

Chances of War With Iran Rise to 40%, Atlantic Panel Says

Chances of War With Iran Rise to 40%, Atlantic Panel Says

Our panel of experts believes the chance of war with Iran is increasing--and that was before the publication of an IAEA report that makes preemptive action even more likely. More »

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was unsparing in his criticism of the Iranian regime's Holocaust denial and threats against Israel during his visit to Tehran. More »

Is It Possible to Think Too Much About the Holocaust?

Is It Possible to Think Too Much About the Holocaust?

Not as long as genocide remains a challenge--and as long as the world shrugs off Iranian promises to destroy Israel. More »

Mitt Romney, the Tikkun Olam President?

Mitt Romney, the Tikkun Olam President?

"Maybe the best form of tikkun olam is to give people freedom and free markets as opposed to more state-sponsored goodies." More »

Why Do CIA Officers Need Spanish Interpreters?

Why Do CIA Officers Need Spanish Interpreters?

How the shooting of two suspected CIA employees in Mexico reveals the U.S. government's shocking deficit of critical language skills. More »

Chris Christie: The Basement Tapes

Chris Christie: The Basement Tapes

To mark Christie's keynote address at the RNC tonight, a long transcript of one of our several talks about politics, the economy, Republican priorities, and Bruce Springsteen More »

The Moral and Intellectual Corruption of Settler Ideology

The Moral and Intellectual Corruption of Settler Ideology

A prominent West Bank settler reveals the absurd and immoral thinking that pervades his movement. More »

The New York Times Flubs a Big One

The New York Times Flubs a Big One

A look at a contentious and ill-informed introduction to a New York Times debate on Israel, Iran and U.S. credibility. More »

Just So We're Clear on Settlements ...

Just So We're Clear on Settlements ...

The recent Jewish-on-Arab violence in Jerusalem is a reminder of how the radical wing of the settler movement has been threatening Israel's democracy and reputation for decades. More »

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Though From Africa, Is Not Nelson Mandela

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Though From Africa, Is Not Nelson Mandela

A case of mistaken identity on Forbes' list of the world's 100 most powerful women. More »

Issue September 2012

What's Your Problem?

The Meaning of the Jerusalem Lynching

The Meaning of the Jerusalem Lynching

Another perspective on a mob attack against Arabs in the heart of West Jerusalem. More »

A Problem With the Whole 'Israel Is a Cancer' Argument

A Problem With the Whole 'Israel Is a Cancer' Argument

Rabbi David Wolpe looks at some of the problems with one of Ahmadinejad's favorite rhetorical tropes. More »

Obama Should Go to Israel

Obama Should Go to Israel

A possibility for how Obama could assuage Israeli doubts over the U.S.'s commitment to keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran's hands. More »

Is the Jerusalem Lynching Part of a Larger Terrorism Pattern?

Is the Jerusalem Lynching Part of a Larger Terrorism Pattern?

A recent instance of Jewish-on-Arab violence in Jerusalem occurred just days after the publication of a major report on settler violence in the West Bank. More »

A Near-Lynching in Jerusalem

A Near-Lynching in Jerusalem

Five observations on the latest high-profile incident of Jewish-on-Arab violence in Israel. More »

Memo to David Carr: Here's Another Use for Magazines

Memo to David Carr: Here's Another Use for Magazines

While you could kill a guy with an iPad, you probably wouldn't want to, because you could break an iPad. More »

Pakistan Jails 11-Year-Old Girl With Down Syndrome on Blasphemy Charges

Pakistan Jails 11-Year-Old Girl With Down Syndrome on Blasphemy Charges

A young girl in Pakistan has been arrested for allegedly burning pages of the Quran. 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.