Norman Podhoretz

Norman Podhoretz      ( author,  neoconservative)
Born	January 16, 1930  Brownsville,  Brooklyn,  U.S.
Died	December 16, 2025 (Age 95)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Religion	Jew
Children	John Podhoretz
Spouse	Midge Decter
Member of	American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Committee for the Free World, Committee on the Present Danger, Middle East Media Research Institute, Project for the New American Century
Interest of	Meg Greenfield
One of the founding fathers of the neoconservative movement

Norman Podhoretz was one of the founding fathers of the neoconservative movement. He edited the American Jewish Committee's in-house publication, Commentary. He was the husband of Midge Decter and father-in-law to Iran-contra felon, Elliott Abrams. He was a staunch proponent of bombing Iran, and was hired as a foreign policy advisor by Republication presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani.

Afflitiations

• Committee on the Present Danger - co-founder
• American Jewish Committee — former editor of AJC publication, Commentary.
• Neocons

Resources, References and Contact

Publications

• Norman Podhoretz, World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism, Doubleday, 2007 (reviewed by Michael Scheuer), Pundicity/Jerusalem Post, 4 January, 2008.

Resources

• Alexander Cockburn, Giuliani and the Dogs of War, Counterpunch, 14-15 July 2007
• Norman Podhoretz, The Case for Bombing Iran, Commentary, June 2007
• Michael Scheuer, Why Does Norman Podhoretz Hate America?, AntiWar.com, 26 September 2007.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1996	30 May 1996	2 June 1996	Canada Toronto	The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada
Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism	2 July 1979	5 July 1979	Israel Jerusalem	The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente".

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