Donna Rosenthal
Donna Rosenthal is the author of the award-winning The Israelis : Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land, new and updated in 2008. Called the best book about Israelis in decades, The Israelis has more than 100 excellent international reviews across the religious and political spectrums: from the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post to The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz to The Japan Times . Ms. Rosenthal was a news producer at Israel Television, reporter for Israel Radio and The Jerusalem...See more
Donna Rosenthal is the author of the award-winning The Israelis : Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land, new and updated in 2008. Called the best book about Israelis in decades, The Israelis has more than 100 excellent international reviews across the religious and political spectrums: from the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post to The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz to The Japan Times . Ms. Rosenthal was a news producer at Israel Television, reporter for Israel Radio and The Jerusalem Post , and a lecturer at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times , The Washington Post , the Los Angeles Times Newsweek and The Atlantic and many other publications. Ms. Rosenthal has reported from Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan and was the first journalist to travel to remote mountain villages of Ethiopia and introduce Israel Radio audiences to the Jews of Ethiopia. A winner of three Lowell Thomas Journalism Awards: Best Investigative Reporting, Best Foreign Travel Reporting (The New York Times) and Best Adventure Travel Writing, she has reported from the Middle East, Asia and Africa and South America. An expert on contemporary Israelis, she frequently is interviewed on TV and radio about Israel--from CNN to ABC to National Public Radio. In a Publishers Weekly's national survey, Ms. Rosenthal placed in the TOP TEN most popular speakers about Israel--and only female author. She has spoken about modern Israelis at over 25 universities--from Harvard to UCLA to Georgetown. And to audiences from Silicon Valley to Japan and from Germany to Australia. Ms. Rosenthal has taught journalism at three universities. She holds a BA from University of California Berkeley (Political Science) and a Masters of Science (International Relations/Middle East) from The London School of Economics. See less
Donna Rosenthal's Featured Books
Donna Rosenthal book reviews
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The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land
2008 edition is the best book on israelis
by Dani9, Jul 29, 2009
Riveting, fast-paced packed with fascinating information you never get on CNN or the NY Times or NPR.
This updated 2008 book is great for travelers, students, techies-- anyone interested in modern ... Read More