Isabel Ker­sh­n­er is a cor­re­spon­dent for The New York Times in Jerusalem, cov­er­ing both Israeli and Pales­tin­ian pol­i­tics and soci­ety. Pre­vi­ous­ly, she was a senior edi­tor at The Jerusalem Report. Born in Man­ches­ter, Eng­land, she grad­u­at­ed from Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty. She has been liv­ing with her fam­i­ly in Jerusalem since 1990.