Abraham Rabinovich is a historian

Historian

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 and journalist

Journalist

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 who has published several books on recent Jewish history

Jewish history

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. As a reporter, his work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune

International Herald Tribune

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, The New Republic

The New Republic

The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...

, and the Christian Science Monitor. Before becoming a writer full-time, he was employed as a staff journalist for Newsday

Newsday

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 and the Jerusalem Post. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College

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 and a veteran of the United States Army

United States Army

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His published works include:

• The Yom Kippur War
  Yom Kippur War
  The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...
  
  : The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East ISBN 0-8052-4176-0
• The Boats of Cherbourg ISBN 1-55750-714-7
• The Battle for Jerusalem, June 5–7, 1967 ISBN 0-8276-0285-5
• Teddy Kollek
  Teddy Kollek
  Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989...
  
  : Builder of Jerusalem ISBN 0-8276-0561-7
• Jerusalem on Earth: People, Passions, and Politics in the Holy City ISBN 0-02-925740-9
• Jerusalem, the measure of the year ISBN 965-220-081-6