From his perch as founding editor of the online newspaper “Times of Israel,” David Horovitz reports daily and editorializes regularly on events in Israel. His conversation with CEO & Portfolio Manager of The Baupost Group, Seth Klarman, will be wide-ranging; from the carnage of October 7, 2023, to the release of the last living hostage last month, to the ramifications of this period for Israeli society now and far into the future. With David’s keen reporter’s eye, crisp and clear communication style, deep knowledge of history, and unique lens on Israeli society and political life, this conversation will bring all of us closer to the trauma Israelis have been experiencing for the past two years – the horrific massacre, multifront wars, terror and rocket attacks, everyday life disrupted, politics and protests on hold. And the unanswerable questions of what will be for Israel going forward, and what will be for all of us.
About the speakers
David Horovitz
Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. Launched in 2012 and based in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel is the world’s most-read English-language news website covering Israel and the Jewish world. Independent and non-partisan, it also publishes in Hebrew, French, Arabic and Farsi. Horovitz was previously editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post (from 2004-2011). Before that, he was editor and publisher of the award-winning newsmagazine The Jerusalem Report. In 2014, he was awarded Bnai Brith’s lifetime achievement journalism award. Horovitz has written from Israel for newspapers around the world, and is a frequent interviewee on CNN, the BBC, Sky, and other TV and radio stations.
He has conducted landmark interviews with a succession of Israeli and international figures, including all of Israel’s recent prime ministers, Presidents Barack Obama (when he visited Israel as a candidate) and George Bush, as well as Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin and, to the particular delight of his children, Paul McCartney. In 2020, he interviewed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Horovitz is the author of 2004’s “Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism,” and 2000’s “A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel,” both published in the US by Knopf.
Seth A. Klarman
CEO & Portfolio Manager
The Baupost Group
Seth Klarman is the CEO and Portfolio Manager of Baupost, having overseen the firm’s investments since its inception. He is the author of “Margin of Safety” and editor of the Graham and Dodd classic “Security Analysis, Seventh Edition.” He graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics and was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School (HBS). Seth currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Broad Institute. He is also Vice Chair of Beth Israel Hospital’s Board of Managers and a member of their Board of Trustees. Seth is a member of HBS’s Board of Dean’s Advisors and co-chairman of The Klarman Family Foundation. In 2020, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
