Bari Weiss

Bari Weiss: Biography in Details

Who is Bari Weiss?

Bari Weiss is an American Journalist and author. She is better known as a former writer and editor for the opinion section of The New York Times.

Bari Weiss: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Bari Weiss was born on March 25, 1984, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. She holds an American nationality and is of Jewish descent.

Also, she attended the Tree of Life Synagogue and has her Bat Mitzvah.

Bari Weiss is the daughter of Lou Weiss who is a carpet salesman and her mother, Amy Weiss who is a department store makeup buyer.

She is the eldest sister among four sisters. Their names are Suzy Lee Weiss, Casey Weiss, and Molly Weiss.

Education

Bari Weiss attends Pittsburgh’s Community Day School and Shady Side Academy. She graduated from Columbia University in New York City in 2007.

In addition, she studies a feminist Yeshiva and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Bari Weiss: Professional Life, Career

• Bari Weiss started her journey as an editor of The Current, a magazine at Columbia for politics, culture, and Jewish affairs from 2005 to 2007.
• Before joining The New York Times, Bari worked for Haaretz and The Forward. From 20011-2013, she was senior news and politics editor at Tablet.
• In 2013, Bari Weiss joined The Wall Street Journal where she served as an associate book review editor from 2013 until April 2017.
• The New York Times hired Bari as an op-ed staff editor and writer about culture and politics in 2017.
• On July 14, 2020, she announced her departure from The New York Times and published a resignation letter on her website. The reason for resignation is bullying by colleagues and the Illiberal environment of the news.

Apart from the news world, she published her first book, How to Fight Anti-Semitism in September 2019. Her other book titled The New Seven Dirty Words published in 2020.

Furthermore, she is the co-founder of the group, Columbians for Academic Freedom.

Awards, Nomination

• In 2018, she was honored with the Reason Foundation’s Bastiat Prize.
• She received the National Jewish Book Award and a Natan Notable Book Award in 2019.

Rumors, Controversy

Bari Weiss has been criticized for criticizing the 2018 women’s movement (# MeToo Movement). She is against feminists supporting anti-woman practices.

Also, she is skeptical of movements like Campus Activism, Women’s March, and more. Though the movements are well-intentioned, she fears that the excessive zeal might backfire.

Bari Weiss: Net Worth, Salary

The Journalist has an estimated net worth of $10 million throughout her profession and her written books. Nonetheless, she hasn’t disclosed her salary.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Bari Weiss is 5 feet 5 inches tall approximately and her weight is around 50 kg.

Likewise, she has a beautiful black color pair of eyes and hair as well.

Moreover, she wears 8 (US) shoe sizes.

Social Media

The Journalist Bari Weiss is active on Instagram with over 3k followers. However, his Instagram account is private.

She has a verified Twitter account with more than 252k followers.

Trivia

• As of 2022, Bari Weiss is 38 years old.
• Her Sun sign is Aries.
• Bari was listed as one of the world’s 50 most influential Jews by The Jerusalem Post in 2019.

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