Veteran Haaretz Economic Commentator Nehemia Strasler Resigns After 44 Years
Translated & summarized from Globes by baba
Veteran economic commentator Nehemia Strasler is leaving the Haaretz newspaper after 44 years of service. His final column will be published this Friday, with a farewell event planned for next week. Strasler, 75, cited feeling it was time to retire after a long career advocating for free markets and consumer rights. His departure is not connected to recent layoffs at the Haaretz-TheMarker group.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Nehemia Strasler, a senior economic commentator, is leaving Haaretz after 44 years.
- Strasler's final column will be published this Friday, followed by a farewell meeting.
- He is known for advocating free market economics and criticizing monopolies.
- Strasler has received four major journalism awards during his career.
- His resignation is reportedly separate from recent layoffs at the newspaper group.
Senior economic commentator and journalist Nehemia Strasler has requested to end his tenure at the Haaretz newspaper, Globes has learned. Strasler began his career at the paper approximately 44 years ago, in 1983, as a senior economic editor. After 16 years, he transitioned to the role of senior commentator, a position he has held since. His final column is scheduled to be published this coming Friday, with a farewell meeting to be held next week.
Strasler, 75, holds degrees in economics and business administration from Tel Aviv University. He developed a distinct journalistic voice advocating for free market economics while criticizing monopolies and pressure groups. He authored the books "And They Won't Fool You" and the children's book "Where Did the Money Tree Go?". Over his career, Strasler received four prominent journalism awards, including the Sokolov Award in 1988 for exposing the excessive pension affair of bank executives during the 1983 crisis and a lifetime achievement award from the Journalists Association in Tel Aviv in 2012 for his advocacy for consumers and the economy.
Strasler stated, "After 44 years of writing and editing, I felt it was time to retire. I thank Haaretz for being my professional home and for the freedom of writing it gave me." His departure is reportedly unrelated to recent layoffs at the Haaretz-TheMarker group, which involved the dismissal of 35 employees, including 19 journalists covered by a collective agreement, and the reduction of five additional positions.
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