The Tree of Life Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood with Mark Oppenheimer
Sunday, January 22, 2023 • 29 Tevet 5783
7:30 PM - 9:00 PMZoom Event
For his book about the Squirrel Hill community in the aftermath of the country’s deadliest antisemitic attack ever, Mark Oppenheimer traveled to Pittsburgh 32 times and interviewed 250 people. He’ll share with us lessons learned on hope and resilience.
MARK OPPENHEIMER directs the Yale
Journalism Initiative and has been a lecturer in Yale’s English department, political science department, and divinity school. He received his B.A. in history and his Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale. He was the religion columnist for The New York Times from 2010 to 2016 and has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Washington Post, Slate, Mother Jones, The Nation, and The Believer, among others. He has been a commentator on NPR and is also the host of Tablet magazine’s podcast, Unorthodox. He is the author of five books, including The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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