
Author: Ami Kaufman
2013 WPI Fellow
Co-founder and contributing editorTel Aviv, Israel
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Dan Rather: U.S. reporting on the conflict is Israel-centric
by Ami Kaufman | Sep 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s kind of strange to see up close someone who has been a familiar television face for me for decades. So, when Dan Rather looked me straight in the eye, I had to look around to see if everybody else was as starstruck as I was. I think they were. Rather met...
Tel Aviv to Lake Wobegon: Excited about visiting the temples of journalism
by Ami Kaufman | Sep 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow, Sunday, we leave for our whirlwind tour of the States. Our first stop is New York, where we will also visit the New York Times. I’m pretty excited about it, actually. Not that anything special is supposed to happen. But just to see the place that, most...
Tel Aviv to Lake Wobegon: My heart is in the East
by Ami Kaufman | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today is one of those days where I remember a poem by the famous Jewish poet of medieval Spain, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi. The first line of “Libi Ba’Mizrach,” (My Heart is in the East) probably his most famous work of art, is: “My heart is in the East, and I am in the...
Tel Aviv to Lake Wobegon: ‘Wined and dined’ in the lion’s den
by Ami Kaufman | Aug 18, 2013 | Sustainability
It was only two years ago that I was on the streets protesting corporate capitalism, and here I am being hosted by one of the most powerful organizations in the world (photos: Ami Kaufman) “Life is full of twists and turns” has to be one of the more cliché...Recent blog posts
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- China-U.S. competition need not erupt into war
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