Nadine Epstein
Nadine Epstein | |
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| Born | Nadine Deborah Epstein Deal, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania.[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, editor-in-chief of Moment Magazine |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Slate |
| Website | https://www.momentmag.com/author/nepstein/ |
Nadine Epstein an American journalist and author.
Career
[edit]She is the editor-in-chief and CEO of Moment magazine. She also is founder and executive director of the Center for Creative Change.[2] Epstein frequently writes and speaks on a variety of topics including American Jewry, anti-Semitism and Israel.[3][4][5] She founded Moment's Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative,[6] which honors the memory of Daniel Pearl, an American Jewish journalist slain by terrorists in Pakistan, and was created for young journalists to write on anti-Semitism and other prejudices globally.[7]
Epstein previously was a full-time stringer at the Chicago bureau for The New York Times and a general assignment reporter at The City News Bureau of Chicago.[6] She was a 1990 Knight-Walker Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she later taught science and feature writing for the Master of Journalism program.
Books
[edit]Epstein is the author of several books. Most recently, in collaboration with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she wrote RBG's Brave & Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone (Random House, 2021) with the introduction and selection by Justice Ginsburg. With Rosita Arvigo, she co-wrote Spiritual Bathing: Healing Rituals and Traditions from Around the World (Echo Point Books & Media, 2018), exploring religious and spiritual traditions since ancient times, and Rainforest Home Remedies: The Maya Way To Heal Your Body and Replenish Your Soul (HarperCollins, 2001), focusing on natural remedies used by the Mayan. She has contributed to anthologies including "The Late Great Mexican Border"(Cinco Puntos Press, 1996) and "Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader" (Penguin Books, 2004). Epstein also edited Elie Wiesel, An Extraordinary Life and Legacy: Writings, Photographs and Reflections, which brought together Wiesel's friends, colleagues, and mentees who shared their memories of Wiesel.[8] Contributors to the book include Ben Kingsley, Oprah Winfrey, and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.[9]
Awards
[edit]For her profile of The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein (no relation to author), Epstein was awarded 'The David Frank Award for Excellence in Personality Profiles' by the American Jewish Press Association in 2013.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gazette | Alumni: Profiles". www.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Nadine Epstein". Jewish Book Council. Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Goodstein, Laurie (October 29, 2018). "'There Is Still So Much Evil': Growing Anti-Semitism Stuns American Jews". New York Times.
- ^ Epstein, Nadine (June 27, 2013). "The two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians needs a big boost". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "AJC Live - Nadine Epstein on Issues of the Moment". AJC Live. AJC. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Honoring Our Leading Ladies". National Yiddish Theater. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "DPIJL". Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative. Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ Liebel, Aaron (2019-06-14). "Wiesel book helps people remember the man who helped people remember the Shoah". Washington Jewish Week. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Elie Wiesel, an Extraordinary Life and Legacy". Consortium Book Sales and Distribution. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "The 25th Annual Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism". American Jewish Press Association. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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- Living people
- American magazine editors
- American women journalists
- American women magazine editors
- Journalists from New Jersey
- American women non-fiction writers
- Jewish mass media
- People from Deal, New Jersey
- Jewish American journalists
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- Jewish women writers
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Writers from New Jersey
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women