Arielle Angel

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Arielle Angel is an American writer and magazine editor. She serves as editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents .

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Early life

Angel grew up in Miami. [1] Her father's family survived the Holocaust, specifically Auschwitz concentration camp, and her mother's side of the family were Arab Jews who came from Haifa and the area that had been known as Palestine. [2] Her mother was a judge and then reproductive rights advocate, and her father was an entrepreneur. [1] She attended a Jewish day school and then public high school, where she edited the school's newspaper. While in high school she traveled to former concentration camps in Poland as part of a March of the Living trip. After high school she moved to New York where she attended art school, [1] at New York University. [3] During the 2014 Gaza War Angel came across photos of Israelis sitting and watching bombs hit Gaza, and the images made her consider her past convictions about Israel. [4]

Career

Angel's early work as a writer was on an unpublished manuscript about a drug dealer. [5]

In 2018, Angel joined Jewish Currents as literary editor. [6] She went on to become its editor-in-chief. [5]

Angel is an organizer with IfNotNow. [6] In 2024 she talked on a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation podcast about her experiences visiting university campuses during the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses. [7] By 2024 Angel described herself as anti-Zionist, with the recognition that it took a long time for her to make this change. [4]

Selected publications

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