Linda Gradstein

Linda Gradstein is an award–winning journalist who spent 20 years as the Jerusalem correspondent for NPR. She also teaches journalism at NYU-Tel Aviv.

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Linda Gradstein is an award–winning journalist who spent 20 years as the Jerusalem correspondent for NPR. She writes for several publications including The Forward and the Jerusalem Report and teaches journalism at NYU-Tel Aviv. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and four children.

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The New Middle East After the Abraham Accords

The 2020 Abraham Accords have fundamentally changed the Middle East. Israelis are flocking to Dubai, and joint Israeli-UAE business ventures have taken off. The Accords have caused shifts throughout the Middle East. Linda spent a month in Abu Dhabi in May-June 2022 reporting and working and has unique insights.

Media Bias: Real or Imagined?

Ask almost any Israeli and they will gladly tell you that the media is biased against Israel and enthusiastically recite all the ways the media has adopted the Palestinian narrative. On the other hand, ask the average Palestinian and the they will tell you that the media is biased against them and list the pro-Israel biases with equal enthusiasm. So which is it? Or neither?

Women in Israeli Society: the army, the rabbis, and me

While Israel is widely admired for including women in army service and for being among the first countries to elect a female Prime Minister, Israeli women face many of the same challenges as females world-wide as well as issues unique to Israel. In this talk, I address the issues as I've seen and lived it, from my own experiences with rabbinic courts to my daughter's army service and beyond.

You Just Don't Understand - Tensions Between Israel and American Jews

Relations between American Jews and the Israeli government have hit a new low over the kotel prayer space controversy, and political differences. US Jewish leaders have even boycotted meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister. Why is this happening now, and what can be done to improve the relationship?

Israeli and Palestinian Women

Many of the coexistence efforts under way involve Israeli and Palestinian women. In this talk I will describe some of these efforts and how women cna more easily bridge the divide. What makes us as women more open to the other side and what can we teach the men in power?

Israeli Society at a Crossroads

For so many years, questions of what kind of a state Israel would be were pushed aside by security concerns. Now for the first time, Israelis are talking about what kind of state they want -- religiously, politically and socially. Where is Israel moving on all of these issues?

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Linda Gradstein appeared on a panel with Dror Moreh and Leon Wieseltier here at the DCJCC discussing the role of culture as a lens through which to explore Israel. Linda was insightful, smart, engaging and had a unique perspective in her keen ability to interpret what is happening on the ground in Israel for a sophisticated American audience.
— Carole R. Zawatsky, CEO, Washington DC JCC, DC

Linda demonstrates an exceptional grasp of the political realities and challenges facing the Israelis and Palestinians. She has notable insights from her first-hand experiences and personal contacts from having served as an award-winning journalist in the region for many years. Year after year she is singled out by our highly-educated passengers as one of the highlights of the entire program.
— Martin S. Karlin, Director - Product Development & Operations, Alumni Holidays International / AHI Travel, Israel Programs

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