Michael Oren | |
|---|---|
 Oren in August 2010 | |
| Israeli Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office July 20, 2009 – September 30, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Sallai Meridor |
| Succeeded by | Ron Dermer |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2015–2019 | Kulanu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Scott Bornstein May 20, 1955 New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | Israeli (1979–present)[1] American (1955–2009) |
| Spouse |
Sally Edelstein
(m. 1982; div. 2016) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Essayist, novelist, politician, diplomat, historian |
| Website | https://michaeloren.org/ |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  State of Israel |
| Branch/service |  Israel Defense Forces |
Michael Bornstein Oren (Hebrew: מייקל אורן; born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-Israeli diplomat, essayist, historian, novelist, and politician. He is a former Israeli ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), former member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party and a former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.[3][4]
Oren has written books, articles, and essays on Middle Eastern history and foreign affairs, and is the author of the New York Times best-selling Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide, Power, Faith and Fantasy, and Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East, which won the Los Angeles Times History Book of the Year Award and the National Jewish Book Award.[5] Oren has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown universities in the United States and at Ben-Gurion[6] and Hebrew universities in Israel. He was a Distinguished Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and a contributing editor to The New Republic. The Forward named Oren one of the five most influential American Jews, and The Jerusalem Post listed him as one of the world's ten most influential Jews.
Oren retired as ambassador to the United States in 2013, and was replaced by Ron Dermer.[7] In the 2015 Israeli election, Oren was elected to the Knesset for the Kulanu party.[8]
- ^ Landler, Mark (26 September 2009). "Israeli Ambassador Draws on American Roots". The New York Times.
- ^ Brinn, David (16 August 2017). "What hath the 60 wrought". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Michael Oren appointed Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister's office". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Michael Oren appointed to US envoy role", Jerusalem Post, May 2, 2009
- ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Michael Oren: Public Activity and Publications". Knesset. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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