Batya Ungar-Sargon Explained

Batya Ungar-Sargon is an American journalist and author. Ungar-Sargon is the deputy opinion editor of Newsweek[1] and the former opinion editor of The Forward.[2] [3] She is the author of two books, the most recent of which is Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women, which discusses the challenges faced by the American working class and the gap between them and the elite class.

Education

Ungar-Sargon holds a 2004 bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago (AB) in English and completed her PhD in 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation, entitled Coercive Pleasures: The Force and Form of the Novel 1719-1740, addresses, among other elements, how rape and colonialism figure in the pleasures of modern English fiction.[4]

Career

Ungar-Sargon began her career as a journalist and news analyst. She reported on the rights of undocumented immigrants as well as liberal voices on Israel and the American Jewish community.[5] [6] In 2019 Ungar-Sargon articulated the importance of maintaining an American Jewish identity apart from Israeli politics, but rather one which embraces the values of civil and minority rights.[7] She was also a managing editor at the wine and spirits media outlet VinePair.[8]

In 2017 Ungar-Sargon became the opinion editor at The Forward. In this role she was criticized by some on the left for allegations of weaponizing claims of antisemitism and right-wing, pro-Israel bias.[9] [10]

She has written for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, The New York Review of Books, and The Free Press.[11] [12] [13]

In 2020, Ungar-Sargon was selected for the 2021 ADL and Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship.[14]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-08-25 . Batya Ungar-Sargon AJC . 2024-05-24 . . en.
  2. https://www.encounterbooks.com/authors/batya-ungar-sargon/ "Batya Ungar-Sargon"
  3. https://www.c-span.org/video/?515525-5/washington-journal-batya-ungar-sargon-discusses-book-bad-news-woke-media-undermining-democracy&event=515525&playEvent "Batya Ungar-Sargon on Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy"
  4. Web site: Batya . Ungar-Sargon . Coercive Pleasures: The Force and Form of the Novel 1719-1740 .
  5. Web site: Immigrants' Fate Depends on Access to Lawyers. December 28, 2015. The Brian Lehrer Show.
  6. Web site: How the Israel Lobby Captured Hillel. Foreign Policy. November 23, 2015.
  7. Web site: Across the Divide: Understanding the Generational Gap. 2019. YouTube.
  8. Web site: About Batya Ungar-Sargon.
  9. Web site: Zonszein . Mairav . What happened to The Forward? . 2024-05-20 . Columbia Journalism Review . en.
  10. Web site: Burton . Nylah . 2019-05-19 . The Forward’s "Both Sides" Approach Has Failed . 2024-05-20 . . en.
  11. Web site: 2020-03-22 . Batya Ungar-Sargon . 2024-05-24 . The Daily Beast . en.
  12. https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/batya-ungar-sargon/ "Batya Ungar-Sargon"
  13. Web site: Batya Ungar-Sargon . 2024-07-12 . The Free Press. en.
  14. Web site: The Forward’s Batya Ungar-Sargon chosen for ADL and Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship. November 19, 2020. The Forward.
  15. Web site: Stengel . Richard . 2023-10-07 . Press Gangs: Four recent books wrangle with threats to — and from — the American news media. . 2024-05-24 . The New York Times.
  16. Web site: Klein . Amy . 2024-04-13 . In her new book, Batya Ungar-Sargon speaks on why Jews need to rethink their alliances . 2024-05-24 . The Jerusalem Post.
  17. Web site: Renn . Aaron M. . 2024-05-14 . Review of "Second Class" by Batya Ungar-Sargon . 2024-05-24 . City Journal.
  18. Web site: Bates . Suzanne . 2024-05-18 . Wondering why Trump won? Here's what you don't know about Americans in the middle . Deseret News.

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