Eyal Press

Eyal Press
Press in 2010
Born	1970 (age 54–55) Jerusalem
Alma mater	Brown University New York University

Eyal Press (born 1970) is an American author and journalist based in New York City. ^[1] He is the author of three books and is a contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times, among other publications. Much of Press' writing and journalism focuses on topics of morality and social and economic inequality. ^[2]

Early life and education

Eyal Press was born in Jerusalem in 1970. ^[3] His father, Shalom, was a gynecologist and abortion provider born to a Russian Jewish family that had immigrated to Mandatory Palestine. His mother, Carla, was born in the Nazis' Yampol concentration camp ghetto during the Holocaust ^{[4] [5]} (located in Moldova/Transnistria).

In 1973, the family emigrated from Israel to Buffalo, New York for Shalom's obstetrics and gynecology residency. ^[6] Eyal Press was raised in Buffalo. ^[7]

Press received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Brown University in 1992. He later earned a Ph.D. from New York University. ^{[8] [ when? ]}

Works

Books

• Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict that Divided America, Macmillan, 2006, ISBN   978-0-312-42657-6 ^[9]
• Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012, ISBN   978-0-8050-7731-5 ^{[10] [11]}
• Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021, ISBN   978-0-374-71443-7 ^[12]

Articles

• "In Front of Their Faces: Does facial-recognition technology lead police to ignore contradictory evidence?", The New Yorker , 20 November 2023, pp. 20–26.

References

1. Gross, Terry (2 March 2006). "The Abortion Debate Through a Son's Eyes". Fresh Air. NPR.
2. "Essential Jobs, Inequality, and "Dirty Work": A Book Talk with Eyal Press". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
3. Press, Eyal (2012). Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 114. ISBN   978-1-4299-5008-4. OCLC   862067855.^{[ non-primary source needed ]}
4. "Press, Eyal". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
5. Press, Eyal (Fall 2007). "Death and Sacrifice in Israel". Raritan. 27 (2). New Brunswick: 125–143, 180. ProQuest   203883127.^{[ non-primary source needed ]}
6. Press, Eyal (26 January 2014). "A Botched Operation". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
7. "Why Is This Happening? Examining 'Dirty Work' with Eyal Press". MSNBC.com. October 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
8. Davies, Dave (18 August 2021). "This Book Introduces You To The People Doing Your 'Dirty Work'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
9. Boyle, Kevin (5 March 2006). "The Doctor Will See You". The New York Times.
10. Roth, Michael S. (9 March 2012). "'Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times' by Eyal Press". Washington Post.
11. Oppenheimer, Mark (23 February 2012). "The Loneliness in Doing Right". The New York Times.
12. Shaw, Tamsin (17 August 2021). "The Morally Troubling 'Dirty Work' We Pay Others to Do in Our Place". The New York Times.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN