AKA William Chafets

Born: 1947
Birthplace: Pontiac, MI

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: Israel
Executive summary: Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One

Military service: IDF (three years)

Wife: (div., one daughter)
Daughter: Michael
Wife: (div., one son)
Son: Samuel
Wife: Lisa Beyer (journalist, one son, one daughter)
Son: Jacob
Daughter: Annie

    High School: Pontiac Central High School, Pontiac, MI
    University: University of Michigan

    The New York Daily News Columnist (2000-04)
    Israeli Official Dir., Government Press Office (1977-82)

Author of books:
Double Vision: How the Press Distorts America's View of the Middle East (1985, media studies)
Heroes and Hustlers: Hard Hats and Holymen Inside the New Israel (1986, regional affairs)
Members of the Tribe: On the Road in Jewish America (1988, travelogue)
Devil's Night: And Other True Tales of Detroit (1990, regional affairs)
Inherit the Mob (1991, novel)
The Bookmakers (1995, novel)
Hang Time (1996, novel)
The Project (1997, novel)
A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance (2007, religion)
Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rougues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame (2009, corporate history)
Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One (2010, biography)
Roger Ailes, Off Camera: An Inside Look at the Founder and Head of Fox News (2013, biography)

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