Mark Oppenheimer

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Oppenheimer in 2014

Mark Oppenheimer is an American author.

Career

Oppenheimer is the executive editor of Arc Magazine , an online journal of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. [1] He is the former Beliefs columnist for The New York Times , and has contributed to numerous magazines, including The Nation , Mother Jones , The New Republic , Tablet , [2] and The New York Times Magazine . [3] He was the editor at large of Tablet magazine. [4] He co-founded the podcast Unorthodox and co-hosted it from 2015 to 2023. [5]

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Personal life

Oppenheimer is a Jew, who regularly attends a conservative synagogue. [6] He was born and grew up in a secular Jewish home in Springfield, Massachusetts. [7] He studied at Yale University and holds a Ph.D. in American religious history from Yale. [3] He is married and has five children. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. [8]

Books

References

  1. Savat, Sara (June 17, 2024). "Oppenheimer named Religion & Politics executive editor". The Source.
  2. "Mark Oppenheimer". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "Mark Oppenheimer | Pulitzer Center".
  4. "Daniel Oppenheimer and Mark Oppenheimer". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  5. "The Final Fribble: Ep. 360 — Unorthodox Podcast". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  6. Friedersdorf, Conor (2010-06-23). "An Interview with Mark Oppenheimer". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  7. "Writer's Block". Daily Nutmeg. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  8. "Mark Oppenheimer". Mark Oppenheimer. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  9. Cole, Diane (2021-10-14). "A diverse community, an antisemitic attack and what came next". The Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  10. "'The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia': A (mostly) comprehensive guide to Judaism | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel .
  11. "Book Excerpt: 'Wisenheimer: A Childhood Subject To Debate'". www.wbur.org. June 15, 2010.
  12. Oppenheimer, Mark (2006). "Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture" . Nova Religio. 9 (3): 136–138. doi:10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.136. JSTOR   10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.136.