Haviv Rettig,
Tel Aviv, Israel

Jewish World Correspondent at The Jerusalem Post

About Haviv Rettig

Haviv Rettig, age 26, is the Jewish world correspondent at The Jerusalem Post. Born in Jerusalem and raised on both sides of the Atlantic, Haviv possesses a particularly strong understanding of the identities and challenges of the Jewish communities of Israel and the United States.

Upon returning to Israel in 1999, at age 18, Haviv was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces, where he served as a combat medic in an airborne infantry battalion during the height of the Second Intifada.

Haviv studied at the prestigious Jewish Thought Department of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem with some of the most recognized academic giants of Hebrew University, including professors Moshe Idel, Moshe Halbertal and Aviezer Ravitzky. During his studies, Haviv worked full time as a member of the personal security details of cabinet ministers, including Effi Eitam, Natan Sharansky, Isaac Herzog, and others, in addition to completing his many academic responsibilities.

In 2005, he joined The Jerusalem Post, and quickly advanced from editing the website to education and then Jewish world correspondent, among the top reporting positions of the paper. He has covered in depth such complex issues as the national education budget, Israel-NATO relations and Israeli concerns over Iran. He was the Post�s chief correspondent to the annual strategy-forming Herzliya Conference, and his work took him to Washington, Moscow, Bucharest, St. Petersburg, New York, even Luxembourg. He has interviewed the likes of Israeli constitutional thinker Amnon Rubinstein on education policy and legal reform, Yale scholar Charles Small on anti-Semitism and internationally renowned economist Dan Ben-David on structural weaknesses in the Israeli economy, along with a wide assortment of Jewish leaders, philanthropists and thinkers.

Haviv is a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker on the Jewish world, its strengths and troubles, the politics, education and religious life of Israel, and current trends in the Middle East.