Mark Oppenheimer

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]

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

  • The Passover Haggadah: An Ancient Story for Modern Times. With Stephanie Butnick and Alana Newhouse.
  • Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting & the Soul of a Neighborhood (2021)[9]
  • The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia (2019).[10] With Liel Leibovitz and Stephanie Butnick.
  • The Bar Mitzvah Crasher: Road-Tripping Through Jewish America
  • Wisenheimer: A Childhood Subject to Debate[11]
  • Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture (2003)[12]

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. ^ a b "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.
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