Mark Oppenheimer

Mark Oppenheimer is an American author.

Career

Oppenheimer is the executive editor of Religion & Politics, 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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