Background
Kaminski was born in 1971 in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States in 1980.
Kaminski was born in 1971 in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States in 1980.
He is a graduate of Georgetown Day School in Washington and Yale College, and holds a masters degree from the Universite de Paris. While based in Kiev from 1994-1997, Kaminski reported for the Financial Times and the Economist on the former Soviet Union. In 2005, he became the editorial page editor of the Journal"s European edition, based in Paris.
He moved to New York to work on the editorial board in 2008, writing mostly about international affairs
He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary. He was appointed to his current post in December 2014.
Kaminski has also contributed to Tablet, an online magazine committed to Jewish interests.
He was previously a foreign correspondent, opinion writer and member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board.