Jacob Kornbluh is a reporter.
Kornbluh was born on May 29.[1]
After moving to New York City, Kornbluh worked at a deli counter and hardware store, later owning a pizza shop while on the side he blogged and did videography. After seeing considerable response to his publications, Kornbluh decided to move fully into journalism.[2]
Kornbluh has written for many local New York publications.[3] In 2018 he was aggregating content for the Jewish Insider newsletter.[4] He started at Yeshiva World News, later moved to the website JP Updates, and joined Jewish Insider in 2015.[5][2] In January 2021, he left to join the Forward as Senior Political Correspondent. His beats were expected to include coverage of the early Biden administration, of local New York City elections, and of the results of Israel's upcoming national election.[2]
Kornbluh uses Twitter in his reportage.[4] He was included in the JTA's 2018 and 2019 lists of fifty Jewish Twitter users.[4][6] Armin Rosen included him in a 2016 Tablet article listing recommended Jewish Twitter users. At that time, Kornbluh had around 6600 followers on the site.[7]
In 2013, Kornbluh posted a video of Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony D. Weiner engaging in a shouting match after being insulted by another customer at a Borough Park bakery. This video went viral[2][8] and proved to be Kornbluh's first major exposure in broader media.[9]
In 2013 the New York Times editorial board highlighted a video taken by Kornbluh of Rudy Giuliani.[10]
Kornbluh was raised in London's Belzer Hasidic neighborhood of Stamford Hill. He attended a yeshiva in Israel at age 16 and moved to New York City four years later.[2][15]
The fifth of seven children, Kornbluh largely spoke Yiddish with his father, who was a local community activist and a writer. His mother was a wig-maker and chef. It was with her that Kornbluh spoke English.[15]
Kornbluh lives in Borough Park.[16] As of 2020, he had been living there for 18 years.[5] He is a Hasidic Jew.[16]