Zeev Chafets

Zev Chafets (; born 1947) is an American-Israeli author and columnist.

Biography Zev Chafets was born in 1947 in Pontiac, Michigan, and raised there. He graduated from the University of Michigan. In 2008, his New York Times Magazine cover story on Mike Huckabee was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. In 2011, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the City of Pontiac, his American hometown.

Following his return to Israel in 2012, Chafets was a contributing columnist to Fox News Online (2013–2016) and Bloomberg Online (2017–2022). Many of his Bloomberg columns were reprinted in The Washington Post. In 2016 he was the co-host of The Presidential Podcast (Hebrew) on Radio Tel Aviv.

Chafets is a strong supporter of Israel. He has been a vocal critic of Arab dictatorships, Islamic radicalism, extremist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, and what he asserts is a pro-Palestinian bias in academia and parts of the mainstream media. He is also known for his opposition to ultra-orthodox religious political parties. In 2016, as the co-host of The Presidential Podcast (Hebrew) on Radio Tel Aviv, he opposed Donald Trump's candidacy but predicted, a few days before the election, that Trump would win.

Chafets resides in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has four children and five grandchildren. He is married to Leah Greenspan.

Published works

Non-fiction Double Vision: How America's Press Distorts Our View of the Middle East (1985) Heroes and Hustlers, Hard Hats and Holy Men: Inside the New Israel (1986) Members of the Tribe (Bantam Hardcover) (1988) Devil's Night: And Other True Tales of Detroit (1990) A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance (HarperCollins Hardcover - Jan 9, 2007) Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame (2009, Bloomsbury USA) Roger Ailes: Off Camera (2013) Remembering Who We Are: A Treasury of Conservative Commencement Addresses (2015) The Bridge Builder (2015)

Fiction Inherit the Mob (Random House) (1993) The Bookmakers (Random House) (1995) The Project (Warner Books) (1997) Whacking Jimmy (as William Wolf) ((Villard)) Hang Time (Warner Books) (1996)

Selected articles in magazines and newspapers The New York Times The Tragedy of Detroit "Lives; No Regrets", A letter to the editor correcting the story, The two referenced versions of No Regrets, sung by Jimmy Barnes Little Willie John The Sy Empire A subsequent article correction Obama's Rabbi