Rosenfeld, Shalom

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ROSENFELD, SHALOM

ROSENFELD, SHALOM (1914– ), Israeli journalist. Rosenfeld was born in Poland and settled in Palestine in 1934. In 1948 he was one of the group of journalists who broke away from *Yedioth Aharonoth following disagreements with its proprietor to found *Maariv as a journalistic cooperative. He served as deputy editor (1960–74) and editor-in-chief (1974–79). He then headed the Journalism Studies Program at Tel Aviv University. In 1985 he founded and subsequently directed the Institute for the Study of Jewish Press and Communications, which later became part of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Center for the Media of the Jewish People at Tel Aviv University. In 1987 he founded the Institute's journal, Kesher. In 1986 he received the Israel Prize for political journalism and essays.

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