Haim Chertok

Haim Chertok was born in the Bronx and taught at several American Universities before emigrating to Israel in 1976, where he currently teaches at Ben-Gurion University. In 1986 he was a recipient of Joseph M. Katz Award for Distinguished Jewish Feature Writing; in 1987, of the Smolar Award for Excellence in North American Jewish Journalism for his column, a regular feature of The Jerusalem Post. Chertok's first book, Stealing Home: Israel Bound and Rebound (Fordham University Press) was...See more

Haim Chertok was born in the Bronx and taught at several American Universities before emigrating to Israel in 1976, where he currently teaches at Ben-Gurion University. In 1986 he was a recipient of Joseph M. Katz Award for Distinguished Jewish Feature Writing; in 1987, of the Smolar Award for Excellence in North American Jewish Journalism for his column, a regular feature of The Jerusalem Post. Chertok's first book, Stealing Home: Israel Bound and Rebound (Fordham University Press) was awarded 1989's National Jewish Book Award. See less