Alana Newhouse Explained

Alana Newhouse
Birth Place:	Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, U.S.
Occupation:	Journalist
Alma Mater:	Barnard College Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
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Alana Newhouse (born 1976) is an American writer and editor. She is the founder of Tablet magazine.

Early life and education

Newhouse was born in 1976 and grew up in Lawrence, New York. Her father came from the Ashkenazic tradition, and her mother was Sephardic.^{[1] [2]} She is a graduate of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, a 1997 graduate of Barnard College,^[3] and a 2002 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Career

After college, Newhouse worked for political consultant David Garth.^[4] Her journalism career began at The Forward, where she was a religion reporter before being named arts and culture editor in 2003.^[5] In 2008 she became editor of Nextbook.^[6] She established Tablet Magazine for Nextbook in 2009.^{[7] [8]}

Newhouse is a contributor to other media outlets, most notably The New York Times. In April 2010, she reported on a new discovery related to the photography of Roman Vishniac^[9] for The New York Times Magazine and, in July 2010, penned a controversial essay on Jewish conversion in Israel for the op-ed page titled "The Diaspora Need Not Apply".^{[10] [11]}

Personal

Newhouse lives in New York City with her husband, David Samuels.

Books

• A living lens: photographs of Jewish life from the pages of the Forward, 2007

Notes and References

1. News: The personal allure of religion . Gal Beckerman . The Jerusalem Post . March 2, 2006 . 31 March 2011 .
2. http://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/A-new-read-on-Jewish-life-Alana-Newhouse-and-Tablet-Magazine,1113?page=4&content_source= The Jewish Star: "A new read on Jewish life: Alana Newhouse and Tablet Magazine"
3. News: Modern Orthodoxy's Marriage Crisis . Alana Newhouse . The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles . June 8, 2006 . 31 March 2011.
4. News: A Strategist Sees if His Hand Is Still Hot . Sam Roberts . The New York Times . July 25, 1989 . 31 March 2011.
5. News: Alana Newhouse To Lead Nextbook.org . Nell Gluckman . The New York Sun . July 31, 2008 . 31 March 2011.
6. News: I could write a book... . Andrew Silow-Carroll . https://archive.today/20120709084423/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572143104&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull . dead . July 9, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post . August 27, 2008 . 31 March 2011 .
7. News: A New Online Magazine About Jewish News and Culture . David Carr . The New York Times . June 9, 2009 . 31 March 2011.
8. News: Tablet Magazine' launches in attempt to set Jewish life to multimedia . B. Solomont . The Jerusalem Post . June 10, 2005 . 31 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110917004933/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371056697&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull . 17 September 2011 .
9. News: A Closer Reading of Roman Vishniac . Alana Newhouse . The New York Times Magazine . April 1, 2010 . 31 March 2011.
10. News: Eden . Ami . Gauging U.S. upset over the conversion bill . 10 August 2022 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . July 19, 2010.
11. News: The Diaspora Need Not Apply . Alana Newhouse . The New York Times . July 15, 2010 . 31 March 2011.