Larry Cohler-Esses is an American journalist and political writer. He has worked for the Jewish magazine the Forward.[1] He is married to Dianne Cohler-Esses.[2]

Career

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He joined the staff of the Forward in December 2008. Previously, he served as Editor-at-Large for the Jewish Week, an investigative reporter for the New York Daily News, and as a staff writer for the Jewish Week as well as the Washington Jewish Week. He has written extensively on the Arab-Jewish relations both in the United States and the Middle East.[1][3][4][5] Cohler-Esses is a founding board member of Shtetl, a media outlet covering the Haredi Jewish community that launched in 2023.[6]

Trip to Iran

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In August 2015, The Forward received wide attention for reporting from Iran[7][8][9] at a charged moment in American politics, as the U.S. Congress was ramping up to a vote on an accord reached the month before to limit Tehran's nuclear ability in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. Larry Cohler-Esses was, in the words of The New York Times, "The first journalist from an American Jewish pro-Israel publication to be given an Iranian visa since 1979".[10]

Awards

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He received several Laurels Awards from the Columbia Journalism Review, and two New York Press Association awards. The subject along with Lili Bayer won the Society of Professional Journalists 2018 Phi Sigma Chi award for non-daily investigative reporting on former White House anti-terrorism aide, Sebastian Gorka.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Larry Cohler-Esses – Forward.com". forward.com. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  2. ^ Dianne Cohler-Esses (2011-05-24). "Connecting the World to Jewish News, Culture, and Opinion". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  3. ^ "Larry Cohler-Esses, The Atlantic". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  4. ^ "Larry Cohler-Esses". The Nation. 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  5. ^ "Larry Cohler-Esses". New York Daily News. 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  6. ^ Hajdenberg, Jackie (2022-11-30). "A 'haredi free press' grows in Brooklyn, igniting both excitement and resentment". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  7. ^ "A Jewish Journalist's Exclusive Look Inside Iran - News – Forward.com". forward.com. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  8. ^ "Inside Iran: A Jewish Journalist's Exclusive Look". WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  9. ^ On GPS: Lessons from a Jewish journalist's trip to Iran | CNN. 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2024-05-24 – via www.cnn.com.
  10. ^ "Reporting From Iran, Jewish Paper Sees No Plot to Destroy Israel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  11. ^ Goldiner, Dave. (23 April 2018). "Forward Scoops Top Prize For Investigation Of Sebastian Gorka". Forward website Retrieved 23 April 2018.