Eyal Press

Eyal Press (born 1970) is an American author and journalist based in New York City.[1] He is the author of three books and is a contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times, among other publications. Much of Press' writing and journalism focuses on topics of morality and social and economic inequality.[2]

Eyal Press
Press in 2010
Press in 2010
Born1970 (age 52–53)
Jerusalem
Alma mater

Early life and education

Eyal Press was born in Jerusalem in 1970.[3] His father, Shalom, was a gynecologist and abortion provider born to a Russian Jewish family that had immigrated to Mandatory Palestine. His mother, Carla, was born in the Nazi's Yampol concentration camp ghetto during the Holocaust[4][5] (located in Moldova/Transnistria).

In 1973, the family emigrated from Israel to Buffalo, New York for Shalom's obstetrics and gynecology residency.[6] Eyal Press was raised in Buffalo.[7]

Press received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Brown University in 1992. He later earned a Ph.D. from New York University.[8]

Works
  • Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict that Divided America, Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 978-0-312-42657-6[9]
  • Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8050-7731-5[10][11]
  • Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021, ISBN 978-0-374-71443-7[12]

References
  1. Gross, Terry (2 March 2006). "The Abortion Debate Through a Son's Eyes". Fresh Air. NPR.
  2. "Essential Jobs, Inequality, and "Dirty Work": A Book Talk with Eyal Press". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  3. Press, Eyal (2012). Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4299-5008-4. OCLC 862067855.
  4. "Press, Eyal | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  5. Press, Eyal (Fall 2007). "Death and Sacrifice in Israel". Raritan. New Brunswick. 27 (2): 125–143, 180. ProQuest 203883127.
  6. "A Botched Operation". The New Yorker. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  7. "Why Is This Happening? Examining 'Dirty Work' with Eyal Press". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  8. "This Book Introduces You To The People Doing Your 'Dirty Work'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  9. Boyle, Kevin (5 March 2006). "The Doctor Will See You". The New York Times.
  10. Roth, Michael S. (9 March 2012). "'Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times' by Eyal Press". Washington Post.
  11. Oppenheimer, Mark (23 February 2012). "The Loneliness in Doing Right". The New York Times.
  12. Shaw, Tamsin (17 August 2021). "The Morally Troubling 'Dirty Work' We Pay Others to Do in Our Place". The New York Times.
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