Amnon Dankner ( he, אמנון דנקנר, February 5, 1946 – April 5, 2013) was an
Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily ''
Maariv
''Maariv'' or ''Maʿariv'' (, ), also known as ''Arvit'' (, ), is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or night. It consists primarily of the evening ''Shema'' and '' Amidah''.
The service will often begin with two verses from Psalms ...
'' for six years.
Biography
Amnon Dankner was born in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. His parents were the owners of Cafe Allenby. The family was secular but he attended a religious school, Ma'aleh, where he was a classmate of
Haim Be'er. He served in the
Nahal corps and studied law at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was married to Miri, with whom he had two sons, Yoav and Itai. Although he preferred Jerusalem, at his wife's insistence he lived in
Ramat Hasharon
Ramat HaSharon ( he, רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן, ''lit.'' '' Sharon Heights'', ar, رمات هشارون) is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon ...
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On 5 April 2013, at the age of 67, he died in his home from cardiac arrest
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. He is survived by his wife, two sons and five grandchildren.[
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Journalistic and literary career
In the 1970s, Dankner was the spokesman of the Israeli Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education ( he, מִשְׂרָד הַחִנּוּךְ, translit. ''Misrad HaHinukh''; ar, وزارة التربية والتعليم) is the branch of the Israeli government charged with overseeing public education institutions ...
and the Jewish Agency
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
. He was a reporter for '' Haaretz'', the Washington correspondent for ''Davar
''Davar'' ( he, דבר, lit. ''Word'') was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in the British Mandate of Palestine and Israel between 1925 and May 1996.
It was relaunched in 2016, under the name ''Davar Rishon'' as an online outlet by th ...
'', a columnist for ''Hadashot
''Hadashot'' (, lit. ''News'') was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Israel between 1984 and 1993.
History
On 4 March 1984 Haaretz Group CEO Amos Schocken announced that a new daily newspaper, ''Hadashot'' was to be launched, with ...
'' and the editor-in-chief of ''Maariv'' from 2002 to 2007. He was one of the hosts of the Israeli political talk show ''Popolitika''.
In 1992, Dankner published a biography of Dahn Ben-Amotz that stirred up a major controversy.
Published works
*''Don't Shoot the President''
*''Berman, Why Do You Do That to Me''
*''The Summer of Rina Oster''
*''Sherman's Winter''
*''The Boneless''
*''Aunt Eva, His Nights and Days''
References
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1946 births
2013 deaths
Asian newspaper editors
Israeli journalists
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni
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20th-century novelists
20th-century biographers
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