Donna Rosenthal was inspired to write The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land, when a CNN producer asked her: "Our viewers are confused. We have footage of Arabs who look like Jews, Jews who look like Arabs. We have black Jews, bearded sixteenth-century Jews and sexy girls in tight jeans. Who are these people, anyway?"

Donna Rosenthal's internationally-acclaimed book has over 100 excellent international reviews across the political and religious spectrums - from the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post to The Weekly Standard, The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz and major newspapers from Germany to Japan. Called the best book about Israelis in decades, The Israelis was selected Significant Jewish Book by Reform Judaism Magazine.

Donna Rosenthal is frequently interviewed about Israel on TV and radio - from CNN to ABC to NPR. She is a keynote speaker to groups all over the world. In a national survey by Publishers Weekly, Ms. Rosenthal placed in the TOP TEN most popular Jewish speakers and only female author.

An award-winning journalist, Donnna Rosenthal has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic and many other publications.

Donna Rosenthal was a news producer at Israel Television, reporter for Israel Radio and The Jerusalem Post, and a Hebrew University lecturer. Ms. Rosenthal also was an on-air reporter for Veronica Television of the Netherlands. She was nominated for an Emmy-award for an NBC documentary.

Donna Rosenthal has reported from Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan and was the first journalist to travel to remote mountain villages of Ethiopia and introduce Israel Radio audiences to black Jews praying in grass hut synagogues to go to Israel. Her "adopted" brother was the first Israel Air Force officer born in Ethiopia and a leader of Operation Solomon, which airlifted more that 14,000 Jews to Israel in 36 hours.

A winner of three Lowell Thomas Journalism awards for Best Foreign News (The New York Times), Best Investigative Reporting and Best Adventure Writing, Donna Rosenthal has reported from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

She trains business executives, politicians and journalists in cross-cultural communication with Israelis.

Donna Rosenthal holds a BA from University of California Berkeley and an MSc. from The London School of Economics (Middle East). She has taught journalism at three universities.

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