Isabel Kershner

Isabel Kershner is a journalist and author who began reporting from Jerusalem for The New York Times in 2007.

Isabel Kershner
StatusMarried
OccupationJournalist, author
Notable credit(s)
The New York Times, The Jerusalem Report
Spouse(s)Hirsh Goodman
ChildrenGavriel and Lev (sons)

Previously, Kershner was Senior Editor, Middle East, The Jerusalem Report magazine. She has also written for The New Republic and provided commentary on Middle East affairs on radio, including the BBC.

Personal

Kershner was born in Manchester, England.[1] She has a degree in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford.[2] In April 1992, she married author Hirsh Goodman, a fellow immigrant to Israel; they have two children, Gavriel and Lev.[3]

Kershner speaks both Hebrew and Arabic.[2] Her hiring to report on Israeli-Palestinian issues has been denounced as conflict of interest since her son has served in the IDF in recent years[4][5] and her husband, Hirsh Goodman, is an employee at The Institute for National Security Studies, which promotes a better image of Israel, and which Kershner often relies on as a source.[6][7]

Bibliography
  • Barrier: The Seam of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. ISBN 1-4039-6801-2 ISBN 978-1403968012

Notes
  1. CBC Radio Show Program Logs: The Sunday Edition, 2 April 2006. Accessed 25 February 2007.
  2. "Isabel Kershner - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. Goodman, Hirsh. Let me create a paradise, God said to himself: A Journey of Conscience from Johannesburg to Jerusalem. Perseus Book Group, 2005. ISBN 1-58648-243-2, ISBN 978-1-58648-243-5.
  4. Belén Fernandez (15 May 2015). "The New York Times Goes to War, Again". Jacobin.
  5. "Decontextualization: Reporting on Israeli Tactics of Ethnic Cleansing in March".
  6. "New Conflict of Interest at NYT Jerusalem Bureau". Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. 1 May 2012.
  7. Sullivan, Margaret (8 February 2014). "Beyond Blank Slates: Writers Under Fire". The New York Times.


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