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Yaakov Katz

Yaakov Katz is an American-born Israeli journalist and author who was editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post from 2016 to 2023.

born 1979Editing The Jerusalem PostMilitary and defense reportingBooks on Israel's military

Born: 14 August 1979, Chicago
Occupation: journalist, newspaper editor, university teacher, opinion journalist
Education: Bar-Ilan University

Yaakov Katz was born in 1979 in Chicago

Yaakov Katz was born on August 14, 1979, in Chicago. He moved to Israel in 1993.

He earned a law degree at Bar-Ilan University in 2007.

From 2003 to 2013 he covered military and defense affairs for The Jerusalem Post. He also reported on Israel for Jane's Defence Weekly and USA Today. In 2012 and 2013 he was a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and later taught as a guest lecturer at Harvard until 2017.

In 2013 he became an adviser to minister Naftali Bennett. In 2016 he was named editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, and he held the post until March 2023. He has written books on Israel's military, including Weapon Wizards and Shadow Strike.

After the October 7 attacks in 2023, he founded the Middle East America Dialogue, a policy forum. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Chaya Bina-Katz, and they have 4 children.