Rosner's Domain: Bio

Shmuel Rosner is an editor and a writer based in Tel Aviv. In summer 2008 he ended a three year term as Chief US Correspondent for the Israeli daily Haaretz and as the writer of the influential blog Rosner’s Domain. He is also a regular contributor to the online magazine Slate
and to Commentary and writes for The New Republic and for the online magazine Jewcy.

In the years 2005-2008 he was Chief US correspondent for the Israeli Haaretz daily.

In the years 1996-2005 Rosner was a senior editor for Haaretz, working as the head of the news division for 5 years (2000-‘05) and as the head of the features department for 4 years (‘96-2000).

Previously, Rosner worked in several other Israeli dailies and weeklies as a news editor, business editor, features editor and reporter. In 1993 Rosner wrote a three-times a week column for Haaretz, covering the implementation of the Oslo accords in Gaza and the West Bank. Rosner also served as a producer and editor in the IDF radio station.

For one year (1995) Rosner took a leave from journalism and has volunteered to work as an educator in the Jewish community of Kitchener, Canada (1995).

A long-time American history buff, in the last decade Rosner has written numerous pieces about U.S. policy and politics, and traveled across the United States covering the 2000, 2004 and 2006 elections. He has been a frequent guest on Israeli television and
radio as an analyst of American policy vis-à-vis Israel and the Middle East. When he lived in the US Rosner has lectured in many Universities and Think Tanks around the country - among them Yale, Berkley, Boston University, The Hudson Institute, The Washington Institute for Middle East Policy, American University, The Army War College - and also in many Jewish gatherings and communities.

Rosner was raised and educated in Jerusalem, and he now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and their four children.