Jay Bushinsky

He was born on December 8, 1932 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He received his bachelor's degree from Queens College in 1955 and four years later his Master of Science in Education from Yeshiva University, New York City. Between 1958 and 1962 he worked as a teacher (social studies, history) at three high schools in upstate New York. Finally, in 1963, he earned a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University. It was from here that he began his professional career as a journalist for print media, but also for radio and television. From 1966 he settled with his wife Dvora in Israel, where he regularly reported for the Chicago Daily News as a special correspondent until 1978. His involvement as a correspondent resulted in the majority electing him as chairman in 1968 of Israel's Foreign Press Association, an organization to which he later remained loyal in other capacities. In 1969 he took over the management of the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (today CBS radio stations) in Tel Aviv, for which he had already worked for two years. From 1978 he reported for the Chicago Sun-Times for a period of 18 years as a Middle East correspondent and finally wrote as a columnist. When the still young broadcaster CNN wanted to set up its own office for its reports from the Middle East in Jerusalem in 1980, it was Jay Bushinsky who took over its management for the following five years. Countless journalistic work followed for other broadcasters (e.g. Independent News Network, WWOR-television / New York City, Global Television Network / Canada) and print media such as The Jerusalem Post, to name a few. This was followed by a variety of teaching activities in journalism at universities. In 2000, he was known for the documentary film Alois Brunner: The Last Nazi, which he co-produced as president of Media Group International (MGI). He died on May 2nd, 2018 in his place of residence Savyon in Israel.