Gershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג
@gershomg.bsky.social
Jerusalemite.
Contributing Writer, The Atlantic.
Author, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East"
Lecture contact info at http://tinyurl.com/ggersh
Contributing Writer, The Atlantic.
Author, "War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East"
Lecture contact info at http://tinyurl.com/ggersh
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Review | Forgotten spies who fought the Nazis in the Middle East
Gershom Gorenberg reveals the intelligence campaign that shaped the war and the region.
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"A masterpiece of scholarship & synthesis that also reads like a thriller... it will remind readers of a cloak-and-dagger tale by John Le Carré..."
-@washingtonpost @BookWorld on #WarOfShadows
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-@washingtonpost @BookWorld on #WarOfShadows
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Rereading the Tale of Sindbad the Sailor, this time in Yasmine Seale's superb translation of the Arabian Nights, & wondering why it took me so long see that the whole cave sequence in 'Tom Sawyer' is based on Sindbad's 4th voyage.
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rereading the Tale of Sindbad the Sailor, this time in Yasmine Seale's superb translation of the Arabian Nights, & wondering why it took me so long see that the whole cave sequence in 'Tom Sawyer' is based on Sindbad's 4th voyage.
What’s hilarious for me about this joke, cited here as Danish from WWII, is that I first heard it in the 80s in Hebrew, as an example of dark Israeli political humor.
A guy buys a newspaper every day, reads the front page then throws it away
Finally, the news agent couldn’t take it, how come he never got past the front page?
I’m looking for the obituaries, the man said
Obits are inside the paper, said the newsagent
Not the one I’m looking for, said the man
Finally, the news agent couldn’t take it, how come he never got past the front page?
I’m looking for the obituaries, the man said
Obits are inside the paper, said the newsagent
Not the one I’m looking for, said the man
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
What’s hilarious for me about this joke, cited here as Danish from WWII, is that I first heard it in the 80s in Hebrew, as an example of dark Israeli political humor.
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I hope the minority of PR people who send useful things know that the reason I often don't reply is that my inbox is flooded with garbage 24/7, and no matter how many lists I unsubscribe to or how many filters I set up or how many messages I mark as spam, there is never less garbage
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I hope the minority of PR people who send useful things know that the reason I often don't reply is that my inbox is flooded with garbage 24/7, and no matter how many lists I unsubscribe to or how many filters I set up or how many messages I mark as spam, there is never less garbage
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Tickets available for ‘November 4’ through Dec. 7. If you'll be in DC, go see it. If you are one of my journalist colleagues, go write about it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tickets available for ‘November 4’ through Dec. 7. If you'll be in DC, go see it. If you are one of my journalist colleagues, go write about it.
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Broadway Weekly on ‘November 4’: "Danny Paller (Music and Lyrics) and Myra Noveck (Book) tell the story of Rabin's last month in this engrossing musical... 2025 desperately needs the wisdom of 1990s Rabin who wanted Israel to put the possibility of peace ahead of the ineradicability of violence."
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Broadway Weekly on ‘November 4’: "Danny Paller (Music and Lyrics) and Myra Noveck (Book) tell the story of Rabin's last month in this engrossing musical... 2025 desperately needs the wisdom of 1990s Rabin who wanted Israel to put the possibility of peace ahead of the ineradicability of violence."
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A rave review from Broadway Weekly for "November 4," which opened Monday night in Washington DC
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
Review: NOVEMBER 4 at Voices Festival Productions
The world première of November 4 has opened just after the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. It is a mitzvah that there are now no long...
www.broadwayworld.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A rave review from Broadway Weekly for "November 4," which opened Monday night in Washington DC
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
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That’s precisely why this moment matters. When someone who was long seen as “untouchable” is finally detained, it chips away at the public’s deep-rooted sense that the state can’t enforce the law. It restores a measure of trust, however fragile, in state institutions.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
That’s precisely why this moment matters. When someone who was long seen as “untouchable” is finally detained, it chips away at the public’s deep-rooted sense that the state can’t enforce the law. It restores a measure of trust, however fragile, in state institutions.
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Many in Lebanon believed Zaiter’s arrest would never happen. He is the face of impunity, collected arrest warrants but appeared openly on TV, moved freely, symbolized a state too intimidated to confront the big players. english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...
Lebanon’s army arrests drug kingpin Nouh Zaiter
Lebanon’s army has arrested Nouh Zaiter, one of the country’s most notorious drug lords, a source confirmed to Al Arabiya English on Thursday.In a post on
english.alarabiya.net
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Many in Lebanon believed Zaiter’s arrest would never happen. He is the face of impunity, collected arrest warrants but appeared openly on TV, moved freely, symbolized a state too intimidated to confront the big players. english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-...
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A few thoughts on the arrest of Nouh Zaiter, a major event in Lebanon today, amid all the other news.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A few thoughts on the arrest of Nouh Zaiter, a major event in Lebanon today, amid all the other news.
A rave review from Broadway Weekly for "November 4," which opened Monday night in Washington DC
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
Review: NOVEMBER 4 at Voices Festival Productions
The world première of November 4 has opened just after the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. It is a mitzvah that there are now no long...
www.broadwayworld.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A rave review from Broadway Weekly for "November 4," which opened Monday night in Washington DC
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
www.broadwayworld.com/washington-d...
“The Sea," winner of the Ophir Prize for best Israeli film, has finally opened in theaters around Israel. It's a superb story of a Palestinian boy who crosses into Israel illegally.
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“The Sea," winner of the Ophir Prize for best Israeli film, has finally opened in theaters around Israel. It's a superb story of a Palestinian boy who crosses into Israel illegally.
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Workers from @sbworkersunited.org put their bodies on the line today, shutting down Starbucks' distribution center in York, PA, the largest in the US
Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE
Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Workers from @sbworkersunited.org put their bodies on the line today, shutting down Starbucks' distribution center in York, PA, the largest in the US
Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE
Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE
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The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.
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Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
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This is about right…
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is about right…
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MAGA’s Mask-Off Moment.. such an important piece and reminder we have obligation to police fascism wherever it appears open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
MAGA’s Mask-Off Moment
What the Nick Fuentes fiasco reveals about modern conservatism
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
MAGA’s Mask-Off Moment.. such an important piece and reminder we have obligation to police fascism wherever it appears open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Wealth taxes !!!
No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion.
Tax the damn rich.
Tax the damn rich.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Wealth taxes !!!
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No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion.
Tax the damn rich.
Tax the damn rich.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion.
Tax the damn rich.
Tax the damn rich.
No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion.
Tax the damn rich.
Tax the damn rich.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
No human being needs $1 billion, much less $1 trillion.
Tax the damn rich.
Tax the damn rich.
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Catholic bishops, even some aligned with the White House, are now speaking out forcefully against the Trump administration's policies about immigrants, respect for Native Americans and the Army's cancellation of support for uniformed priests www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Catholic bishops, even some aligned with the White House, are now speaking out forcefully against the Trump administration's policies about immigrants, respect for Native Americans and the Army's cancellation of support for uniformed priests www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
So another source of independent journalism in America is shut down.
TPM's @allegrak.bsky.social worked at Teen Vogue for several years before returning to TPM earlier this year. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So another source of independent journalism in America is shut down.
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ככל שמתקדמת החקירה הנגדית, רה"מ הנאשם נתניהו הולך ומסתבך ברשת הגרסאות הסותרות שטווה. ככל שגוברת מצוקתו מחריף הלחץ לסיכול ניהולו התקין של המשפט: נתניהו קילל את השוטרים, דוברו עופר גולן הפריע למהלך המשפט, עורך-דינו עלב בתובע והתחצף לשופטים, מחוץ לאולם שוב ארב בריון לעיתונאים www.the7eye.org.il/567296
משפט המו
ככל שמתקדמת החקירה הנגדית, רה
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November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ככל שמתקדמת החקירה הנגדית, רה"מ הנאשם נתניהו הולך ומסתבך ברשת הגרסאות הסותרות שטווה. ככל שגוברת מצוקתו מחריף הלחץ לסיכול ניהולו התקין של המשפט: נתניהו קילל את השוטרים, דוברו עופר גולן הפריע למהלך המשפט, עורך-דינו עלב בתובע והתחצף לשופטים, מחוץ לאולם שוב ארב בריון לעיתונאים www.the7eye.org.il/567296
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This has always seemed like the key issue. Bezos and Lewis, understandably, want the Post to be profitable. But the actions they've taken with Opinion (killing the Kamala endorsement, firing their top talent, etc) have consistently undermined that strategy. bsky.app/profile/dave...
Will Lewis gets up every day asking: How can I get more suburban DC readers to cancel their subscriptions? It's called grindset and you wouldn't understand.
In a nearly illiterate editorial, WaPo defends Trump's ballroom project, without revealing the fact that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, is a principal funder of the project. Shameful conduct all around. bsky.app/profile/bgru...
October 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This has always seemed like the key issue. Bezos and Lewis, understandably, want the Post to be profitable. But the actions they've taken with Opinion (killing the Kamala endorsement, firing their top talent, etc) have consistently undermined that strategy. bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Some highlights from one of the founding documents of the Republic, the Declaration of Independence, 250 years old next summer. ‘He’ being George iii:
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people.”
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people.”
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Some highlights from one of the founding documents of the Republic, the Declaration of Independence, 250 years old next summer. ‘He’ being George iii:
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people.”
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people.”