Yoni Appelbaum | |
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Born | 1979or1980(age 45–46) [1] |
Nationality | American |
Education | Brandeis University (PhD) Columbia University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Politics Editor, The Atlantic |
Known for | Social and cultural historian, Journalist |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Emily Pressman |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Diana Muir Karter Paul S. Appelbaum |
Family | Binyamin Appelbaum (brother) Peter Karter (grandfather) Trish Karter (aunt) |
Yoni Appelbaum is an American historian and journalist. He is a senior editor for politics at The Atlantic, where he was previously a columnist. [2] [3] [4]
Appelbaum was born to Diana Muir Karter and Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum and was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. [5] He has a brother, Binyamin Appelbaum, and a sister, Avigail Appelbaum. [6] His grandfather is nuclear engineer Peter Karter. His aunt is entrepreneur Trish Karter. After graduating from the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts, Appelbaum graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in 2003 and then obtained a Ph.D. in history from Brandeis University in 2014. [7] [1] [6] [8]
Before moving to The Atlantic, Appelbaum taught at Harvard University. [2] His academic work focused on the Gilded Age. [9]
In the March 2019 issue of The Atlantic, Appelbaum wrote a long-form article making the case for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. [10] [11] According to Margaret Sullivan writing in The Washington Post , Appelbaum's essay is the article that "moved... impeachment, all-but-taboo in Big Media's coverage of Trump,...., from the margins into the mainstream — across the journalism spectrum." [12]
In 2004, Appelbaum married Emily Pressman of Wilmington, Delaware, in a Jewish ceremony at Columbia University. They had been dating since they were in college. [13] [1] They have two children. [14]
Norman Jules Pressman. Beloved husband of Helaine "Laney" Pressman, nee Tobey; dear father of Emily (Yoni) Appelbaum and Michael (Mara) Pressman; loving grandfather of Elisheva and Joshua Appelbaum and Eloise Pressman;