Greer Fay Cashman

Greer Fay Cashman is an Australian-Israeli journalist who has written for The Jerusalem Post for more than 40 years.

Early life and education Cashman was born in Melbourne, Australia to a Polish-Jewish family. Many of her relatives on both sides of the family were killed during the Holocaust, specifically at Treblinka, Auschwitz. She later described herself as being raised in "a Zionist family, a Zionist school, a Zionist youth movement". Her father died a week before she turned eleven. She first began by covering fashion for the paper, before later moving to reporting on Israeli politics, including the actions of the Israeli president, and starting her weekly column Grapevine.

In 2021, Cashman received the Lifetime Achievement Award from B'nai B'rith International.

Personal life In 1962, Cashman wrote a letter to James Meredith, an American civil rights activist, expressing her support for his work.

Shortly before the first election of Yitzhak Rabin, Cashman met Dan Landau, a member of the Labor Party and later a photojournalist. The two later married; Cashman's mother died a month after the wedding.