Yaakov Katz

Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post.

Yaakov Katz is Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post.

He is a faculty member and lecturer at Harvard University’s Extension School where he teaches an advanced course in journalism.

He previously served for close to a decade as the paper’s military reporter and defense analyst and is the co-author of two books: “Weapon Wizards – How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower” which will be published by St. Martin’s Press in January, 2017 and “Israel vs. Iran – The Shadow War” which came out in 2012.

Prior to taking up the role of Editor-in-Chief, Katz served for two years as a senior policy advisor to Israel’s Minister of Economy, Minister of Education and Minister of Diaspora Affairs.

In 2012-2013, Katz was one of 12 international fellows to spend a year at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Originally from Chicago, Katz also has a law degree from Bar Ilan University. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four children.

The Bonei Zion Committee is comprised of distinguished and influential individuals who are accomplished leaders in their respective fields.

The Bonei Zion Committee is comprised of distinguished and influential individuals who are accomplished leaders in their respective fields.

  • Colette Avital

  • Becky Caspi

  • Michal Cotler-Wunsh

  • William Daroff

  • Efrat Duvdevani

  • Rabbi Paul Freedman

  • Laura Gilinski

  • Barbara Goldstein

  • Vera Golovensky

  • Professor Yonatan Halevy

  • Yaakov Katz

  • Steve Linde

  • Ruth Oren

  • Russell Robinson

  • Wendy Singer

  • Ronnie Vinnikov

  • Professor Chaim Waxman

  • Sivan Ya’ari

  • Revital Yakin Krakovsky

  • Binyamin Zomer