David Horovitz

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Founding Editor, The Times of Israel
Former Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post (2004–2011)
Author of 'A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel' and 'Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism'
Recipient of the U.S. National Jewish Book Award

David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel, the Jerusalem-based current affairs website that launched in February 2012. The Times of Israel, which provides independent coverage of Israel, the region and the Jewish world, is the fastest-growing news site in the Jewish world, and now also publishes in French, Arabic and Persian.

Horovitz was previously editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011). Before that, he was editor and publisher of the award-winning news magazine The Jerusalem Report.

He has written from Israel for newspapers around the world, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Irish Times and (London) Independent, and is a frequent interviewee on CNN, the BBC, Sky, Fox News, NPR and other TV and radio stations.

Horovitz lectures widely in Israel, the United States and Europe on Israeli current affairs, regularly giving the introductory briefing on Israel to Congressional delegations brought to Israel under the aegis of AIPAC.

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Past Hosts Include:

Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas
American Friends of Magen David Adom
Temple Beth Sholom
Jewish Colorado
Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester
Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture
AIPAC
United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto
American Society for Technion

Rave Reviews About David Horovitz

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Our evening with David Horovitz was a wonderful success. He challenged our 400 guests with a thought-provoking, articulate, well informed and truly passionate speech. Many of our guests left far more knowledgeable than when they came in and for us that says everything! David was charming and personable and the audience very much appreciated him spending time answering their questions

- Anglo-Israel Association

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"David was wonderful! His “Midwest tour” turned out to be very timely with the events occurring in Israel and our guests in all three communities found him to be a very insightful and engaging speaker. There were many questions and he handled them all graciously and with ease. Many thanks for recommending him."

-American Friends of Magen David Adom

"David was terrific to work with and we appreciated his professionalism, graciousness, and wisdom. We’ve heard nothing but praise from our guests for his keynote address with some going as far to say it was the most informative remarks they had ever heard about the current situation in Israel and the Middle East."

-Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas

"Feedback from tonight’s event was terrific! David is bright, humble and gracious!!"

-American Friends of Magen David Adom

"David was fabulous. He arrived earlier than expected, and was willing to meet with anybody we asked and speak to as many groups as we requested. Actually, we really didn't have much planned until the dinner, so we set him up with a place he could work, and he had a couple of hours to catch up. At dinner, he spoke to 20 people, responding to questions. He has a wonderful capacity to take any question and deliver a cogent, thoughtful answer, filled with fact and analysis, as well as some enjoyable anecdotal material. He engaged and charmed everybody with his easy manner and delightful sense of humor. We spent over an hour in that setting and could readily have gone on for much longer. His remarks and responses to questions at the general session were just fantastic. People would willingly have stayed for another hour, but time didn't permit. Great presentation and very positive feedback. Best comment: 'I have been reading the Times of Israel for several years and didn't realize that David Horovitz was British. I'll read his articles with a different accent from now on.'"

-Temple Beth Sholom

"David was really great! He is a wonderful speaker and more importantly a really incredible person! People loved him and we really liked getting to know him."

-Jewish Colorado

"David was wonderful ... when David spoke he was captivating. We had about 700 people in attendance and another 110 that watched via live stream! "

-Jewish Federation of Cleveland

"David was wonderful (as expected!) and delightfully easy to work with. The community members with whom I have spoken so far, thought he was thorough, informative, honest and personable. "

-Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester

"Everything went very well! David was fantastic and so very kind! Those in attendance were extremely impressed with his lecture. Thank you for all of your excellent speakers that you provide. "

-Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture

"Just wanted to send you a quick note to thank you for all of your help with David’s visit. He did a great job in DC – many people said that his remarks were the highlight of the experience "

- -AIPAC

"Everything went off without a hitch. He was amazing. Everyone was riveted to their seats. "

-United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto

"We just want to let you know that this year’s event was the best one we’ve attended...David Horovitz was an excellent speaker and certainly was truthful about what is happening in Israel, and educational in his approach. David is very bright, articulate, witty and insightful. Additionally, he is authentic, nice and very approachable. We thoroughly enjoyed having him and would welcome him back!"

-American Society for Technion

"David Horovitz has become a fixture in the International Seminars in English. He has spoken to professors, museum personnel, and schoolteachers from elementary to high school. His audiences have included North Americans and Western and Eastern Europeans, as well as the participants of our first seminar for educators from South Africa. In an hour and a half David adeptly and concisely gives seminar participants a tour of the Middle East. He addresses the challenges from both inside and outside of Israel and while not all participants share his worldview, never are the evaluations anything but glowing. They might not always agree with David, but as educators, they know one when they see one. "

-Stephanie McMahon-Kaye, Desk for International Seminars in English, International School for Holocaust Studies

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Talks & Conversations with David Horovitz

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Israel’s Place in the New, Unstable Middle East

DAVID HOROVITZ examines the fresh challenges facing Israel as it seeks to maintain and widen relations with its neighbors, and protect itself against the threat posed by Iran and other Islamist forces, amid the current Middle East turmoil. As a leading Israeli journalist, he brings insights and anal ...

DAVID HOROVITZ examines the fresh challenges facing Israel as it seeks to maintain and widen relations with its neighbors, and protect itself against the threat posed by Iran and other Islamist forces, amid the current Middle East turmoil. As a leading Israeli journalist, he brings insights and analyses based on his daily working interactions with Israel’s political and security chiefs, but also offers the very personal perspective of a British-born immigrant, husband and father, who chose to raise his family in Israel and now has children entering the army.

The Iranian Threat and How to Thwart It

DAVID HOROVITZ examines the dangers posed to Israel and the rest of the free world by the Islamist leadership of Iran -- detailing the progress Teheran is making toward nuclear weapons and the goals behind its sponsorship of Hezbollah and Hamas to Israel’s north and south and its long-range missile ...

DAVID HOROVITZ examines the dangers posed to Israel and the rest of the free world by the Islamist leadership of Iran -- detailing the progress Teheran is making toward nuclear weapons and the goals behind its sponsorship of Hezbollah and Hamas to Israel’s north and south and its long-range missile program. He assesses the successes and failures of the international effort to dissuade the regime, including sanctions and sabotage, and looks at potential military options against the background of past thwarted efforts by Middle East nations to go nuclear.

The Campaign to Delegitimize Israel

DAVID HOROVITZ identifies the key factors in the escalating campaign to demonize and delegitimize Israel. He focuses on two areas: the changing nature of the conflicts into which Israel is being drawn, where conventional war has been superseded by asymmetrical missile warfare, in which Israel is cas ...

DAVID HOROVITZ identifies the key factors in the escalating campaign to demonize and delegitimize Israel. He focuses on two areas: the changing nature of the conflicts into which Israel is being drawn, where conventional war has been superseded by asymmetrical missile warfare, in which Israel is castigated for firing back at enemies that target its civilians from amidst their own civilian populace; and the effort to separate Israel from its Jewish sovereign history, by misrepresenting it as a fundamentally illegitimate, colonial implant. He also explains how Israel and its supporters can use traditional and new media to better disseminate a fair-minded narrative.

A Personal Take on Israel

British-born DAVID HOROVITZ has spent all of his working life as a journalist in Israel and offers a unique overview into the realities of this most addictive and complex of countries. He discusses its regional challenges, the dilemmas of peace-making, and internal social, economic and religious iss ...

British-born DAVID HOROVITZ has spent all of his working life as a journalist in Israel and offers a unique overview into the realities of this most addictive and complex of countries. He discusses its regional challenges, the dilemmas of peace-making, and internal social, economic and religious issues. He looks at the successes of Israel’s absorption of immigrants, explains the flourishing of Israel’s remarkable hi-tech economy, discusses the revival of Hebrew and much more, in a talk filled with personal anecdote, hard fact and good humor.

Books by David Horovitz

A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel

Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism

Press & Media

The Times of Israel: David Horovitz - The Times of Israel

Hanukkah 2022, when Netanyahu began turning out the lights on Israeli democracy - The Times of Israel

Why Netanyahu paused the march of tyranny and nobody who loves Israel can rejoice yet - The Times of Israel

David Horovitz given B’nai B’rith award - The Times of Israel

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Biography

Horovitz was previously editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011). Before that, he was editor and publisher of the award-winning news magazine The Jerusalem Report.

He has conducted landmark interviews with a succession of Israeli and international figures, including all of Israel’s recent prime ministers, Presidents Barack Obama (when he visited Israel as a candidate) and George Bush, as well as Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin and, to the particular delight of his children, Paul McCartney.

Horovitz is the author of 2004’s Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism, and 2000’s A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel, both published in the U.S. by Knopf. He edited and co-wrote The Jerusalem Report’s 1996 biography of Yitzhak Rabin, Shalom, Friend, which was published in 12 countries and won the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Non-Fiction. He was the recipient of 2005’s JDC award for journalism. In 2014, he was awarded Bnai Brith’s lifetime achievement journalism award.

Horovitz immigrated to Israel from London in 1983. He is married to Lisa and they have three children.

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