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
editUngar-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
editUngar-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
edit- Coercive Pleasures: The Force and Form of the Novel 1719–1740 (PhD dissertation). University of California, Berkeley. Fall 2013.
- Ungar-Sargon, Batya (2021). Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. New York City: Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1641772068.[15]
- Ungar-Sargon, Batya (2024). Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women. New York City: Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1641773614.[16][17][18]
References
edit- ^ "Batya Ungar-Sargon | AJC". American Jewish Committee. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "Batya Ungar-Sargon", Encounter Books
- ^ "Batya Ungar-Sargon on Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy", Washington Journal, October 24, 2021
- ^ Ungar-Sargon, Batya. "Coercive Pleasures: The Force and Form of the Novel 1719-1740".
- ^ "Immigrants' Fate Depends on Access to Lawyers". The Brian Lehrer Show. December 28, 2015.
- ^ "How the Israel Lobby Captured Hillel". Foreign Policy. November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Across the Divide: Understanding the Generational Gap". YouTube. 2019.
- ^ "About Batya Ungar-Sargon".
- ^ Zonszein, Mairav. "What happened to The Forward?". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Burton, Nylah (2019-05-19). "The Forward's "Both Sides" Approach Has Failed". Jewish Currents. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Batya Ungar-Sargon". The Daily Beast. 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "Batya Ungar-Sargon", The New York Review of Books
- ^ "Batya Ungar-Sargon". The Free Press. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "The Forward's Batya Ungar-Sargon chosen for ADL and Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship". The Forward. November 19, 2020.
- ^ Stengel, Richard (2023-10-07). "Press Gangs: Four recent books wrangle with threats to — and from — the American news media". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ Klein, Amy (2024-04-13). "In her new book, Batya Ungar-Sargon speaks on why Jews need to rethink their alliances". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ Renn, Aaron M. (2024-05-14). "Review of "Second Class" by Batya Ungar-Sargon". City Journal. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ Bates, Suzanne (2024-05-18). "Wondering why Trump won? Here's what you don't know about Americans in the middle". Deseret News.