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Revision as of 09:57, 23 January 2018
Bari Weiss is an American journalist. In 2017 Weiss joined the New York Times as a staff editor in The New York Times opinion section.
Bari Weiss | |
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| Born | March 25, 1984 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | New York Times |
| Spouse | Jason Kass (married 2013) |
Early life and education
Weiss was born in Pittsburgh. She is a 2007 graduate of Columbia University. Weiss was a Wall Street Journal Bartley Fellow in 2007. Weiss was a Dorot Fellow from 2007-2008 in Jerusalem.[1]
As a student at Columbia, Weiss founded the Columbia Coalition for Sudan (a response to the situation in Darfur). She was also a co-founder of Columbians for Academic Freedom. The group said that professors were intimidating students who expressed ideas in classroom discussions that the professors disagreed with.[2] Weiss said that she felt intimidated in a class by Joseph Massad.[3][4][2][5]
Career
Weiss was news and politics editor at Tablet from 2011 to 2013. She was associate book review editor at the Wall Street Journal from 2013 until April 2017, when she moved to the New York Times as an editor in the opinion section.[6][7]
External links
References
- ^ "Bari Weiss". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ a b Roth, Jordan (26 May 2005). "An academic freedom fighter". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Analysis: Columbia University Deals With Recent Charges of Anti-Semitism on Campus. Alex Chadwick and Mike Pesca, NPR, April 1, 2005
- ^ Arenson, Karen W. (31 March 2005). "Columbia Panel Clears Professors Of Anti-Semitism". Retrieved 2 September 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Hentoff, Nat (13 April 2005). "Columbia Whitewashes". Village Voice. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Bari Weiss Joins 'New York Times' Opinion Section". Tablet. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Top Journalists Eli Lake and Bari Weiss Honored at Algemeiner Summer Benefit". Algemeiner Journal. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.