Freelance

In recent years, I've taken on a number of freelance projects that have been published in outlets such as The New York Times Magazine, The New York Daily News, The Forward, Tablet, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Guilt and Pleasure, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine and The Seventh Eye. Since leaving AP in October 2020, I've also started writing analysis and commentary columns for various publications. Back in 1998, I started as an intern, assignment desk editor, associate producer, field producer and segment producer at NBC. My favorite role, though, was as a freelance correspondent for msnbc.com, where I regularly wrote features and human-interest stories from the Middle East, and where I kicked off my journalistic writing career.

Selected Stories

• OP-ED: A plea to fellow journalists – help the people understand (June 29, 2017)
• ONE MEAL – All Food is Israeli Food (June 01, 2017)
• Is Dragan Bender the NBA’s Next Unicorn? (June 07, 2016)
• Israel worries about dangerous brain drain (August 05, 2008)
• My Aunt Jeanette – The world’s oldest Rockette (September 15, 2007)
• Hoping for a miracle – Synagogue’s ranks thin in South Bronx (November 02, 2003)
• Israel’s seniors brush off fears of war (March 08, 2003)
• Israel’s likeable Labor leader stuck in neutral (January 10, 2003)
• Israel’s bus drivers on the front lines (October 23, 2002)
• Israelis and Palestinians agree on soccer (June 13, 2002)
• Israel’s peace camp slowly stirs (May 26, 2002)
• Tragedy unites Tel Aviv high school (January 10, 2002)