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David Yair Hazony (born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor.1 He was the founding editor of The Tower Magazine from 2013 to 2017, and from 2017-2020 served as executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund. He is a regular contributor to Contentions, the weblog of Commentary Magazine . Until 2007, he was a fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem , founded by his older brother Yoram Hazony . In 2004–2007, he served as editor in chief of Azure , its quarterly . He has appeared on CNN , MSNBC , and Fox News . Hazony has studied at Columbia University , received a B.A. and M.A. from Yeshiva University , and completed his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He is a contributing editor at The Forward , where he has published a series of essays about the growing distance between American Jews and Israelis. Hazony is an expert on the Jewish philosopher Eliezer Berkovits . David Hazony's posts on Contentions , the weblog of Commentary Magazine. " "Welcome to Fire-Extinguisher Judaism," Moment, May/June 2010" .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
David Hazony (1969 - ) is an American-born Israeli writer and magazine editor. David Hazony has studied at Columbia University , received a B.A. and M.A. from Yeshiva University , and pursued doctoral studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Hazony has written for the New Republic , The Forward , Commentary , Moment , the Jerusalem Post , the Jewish Chronicle , the New York Sun , and Jewish Ideas Daily . He is a regular contributor to Contentions, the weblog of Commentary Magazine. Until 2007, he was a fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem , founded by his older brother Yoram Hazony . In 2004-2007, he served as editor in chief of Azure , its quarterly . Hazony is an expert on the Jewish philosopher Eliezer Berkovits . David Hazony's articles in The Forward . David Hazony's posts on Contentions , the weblog of Commentary Magazine. David Hazony's writings at Jewish Ideas Daily .
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David Hazony (born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor.He is editor of The Tower Magazine , and a senior member of The Israel Project . He is a regular contributor to Contentions, the weblog of Commentary Magazine. Until 2007, he was a fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem , founded by his older brother Yoram Hazony . In 2004-2007, he served as editor in chief of Azure , its quarterly . Hazony has studied at Columbia University , received a B.A. and M.A. from Yeshiva University , and completed his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .He is a Contributing Editor at The Forward , where he has recently published a controversial series of essays about the growing distance between American Jews and Israelis. Hazony is an expert on the Jewish philosopher Eliezer Berkovits . David Hazony's articles in The Forward . The named reference "Forward" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page ). David Hazony's posts on Contentions , the weblog of Commentary Magazine. David Hazony's writings at Jewish Ideas Daily .
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Israeli journalist David Yair Hazony (born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor. He was the founding editor of The Tower Magazine from 2013 to 2017, and from 2017–2020 served as executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund. He currently is an independent editor with Wicked Son Books .
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Israeli journalist (born 1969) David Hazony David Yair Hazony ( Hebrew : דוד יאיר חזוני ; born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor. He was the founding editor of The Tower Magazine from 2013 to 2017, and from 2017 to 2020 served as executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund . In 2020 he became an independent editor with Wicked Son Books .Since 2024, he serves as director and senior fellow at the Z3 Institute.
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