Yoni Appelbaum

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| nationality = American

| party = Democratic

| education = Brandeis University (PhD)
Columbia University (BA)

| occupation = Politics Editor, The Atlantic

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| spouse = Emily Pressman

| parents = Diana Muir Karter
Paul S. Appelbaum

| family = Binyamin Appelbaum (brother)
Peter Karter (grandfather)
Trish Karter (aunt)

| children = 2

| known_for = Social and cultural historian, Journalist

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| website = {{URL|https://twitter.com/YAppelbaum|X: @YAppelbaum}}

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Yoni Appelbaum (born 1979 or 1980{{cite news |date=20 June 2004 |title=Weddings/Celebration; Emily Pressman, Yoni Appelbaum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/style/weddings-celebrations-emily-pressman-yoni-appelbaum.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121175146/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/style/weddings-celebrations-emily-pressman-yoni-appelbaum.html |archive-date=21 January 2019 |access-date=21 January 2019 |work=New York Times}}) an American historian and journalist, is Senior Editor for politics at The Atlantic.{{cite news|last1=Mullin|first1=Benjamin|title=Yoni Appelbaum named politics editor at The Atlantic|url=http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/310475/yoni-appelbaum-named-politics-editor-at-the-atlantic/|access-date=26 May 2015|publisher=Poynter|date=6 January 2015|archive-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504130050/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/310475/yoni-appelbaum-named-politics-editor-at-the-atlantic/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=The 60-second interview: Yoni Appelbaum, politics editor, TheAtlantic.com|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/01/8559859/60-second-interview-yoni-appelbaum-politics-editor-theatlanticcom|access-date=26 May 2015|publisher=Capital New York|date=9 January 2015|archive-date=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526202309/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/01/8559859/60-second-interview-yoni-appelbaum-politics-editor-theatlanticcom|url-status=live}} Appelbaum was previously a columnist for the publication.{{cite news|last1=Cornish|first1=Audie|title=From Commenter To Columnist: The Atlantic's 'Cynic'|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/07/152205683/from-commenter-to-columnist-the-atlantics-cynic|access-date=26 May 2015|publisher=National Public Radio|date=7 May 2012|archive-date=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526193818/http://www.npr.org/2012/05/07/152205683/from-commenter-to-columnist-the-atlantics-cynic|url-status=live}}

Early life and education

Appelbaum is the son of Diana Muir Karter and Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum. He has two siblings: Binyamin Appelbaum and Avigail Appelbaum.{{Cite web |first=Martina |last=Brendel |title=Alumni Updates: Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum '72 Comes Home to Columbia |publisher=Columbia College Today |date=April 2007 |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/mar_apr07/updates2.html |access-date=2019-01-21 |archive-date=2021-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731225121/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/mar_apr07/updates2.html |url-status=live }} His grandfather is nuclear engineer Peter Karter. His aunt is entrepreneur Trish Karter. He was raised in Newton, Massachusetts{{Cite web |title= Jews and Journalism in an Age of Fracture |publisher= Jewish Exponent |date= June 17, 2018 |url= http://jewishexponent.com/event/jews-journalism-age-fracture/ |access-date= January 21, 2019 |archive-date= January 21, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232513/https://www.jewishexponent.com/event/jews-journalism-age-fracture/ |url-status= dead }} and is a graduate of the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts.{{Cite web|title= Maimonides Alumnus Appointed Politics Editor of TheAtlantic.com|publisher= Maimonides School|date= February 2, 2015|url= http://www.rav.org/RelId/994835/infogroup/3867/pagenum/4/ISvars/default/Maimonides_Alumnus_Appointed_Politics_Editor_of_TheAtlantic_com.htm|access-date= January 21, 2019|archive-date= January 21, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190121233115/http://www.rav.org/RelId/994835/infogroup/3867/pagenum/4/ISvars/default/Maimonides_Alumnus_Appointed_Politics_Editor_of_TheAtlantic_com.htm|url-status= live}} Appelbaum holds an A.B., magna cum laude, from Columbia University (2003), and a Ph.D. in history from Brandeis University (2014).[https://www.brandeis.edu/history/graduate/phd/recent-graduates.html "Recent PhD Graduates,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705001002/https://www.brandeis.edu/history/graduate/phd/recent-graduates.html |date=2022-07-05 }} Brandeis University (2014), wherein is the dissertation title: "The Guilded Age: The American Ideal of Association, 1865-1900". Retrieved 13 December 2019.

Career

Before moving to The Atlantic, Appelbaum taught at Harvard University. Appelbaum's academic work focused on what is jokingly called the "Gilded Age", the associative republicanism of the late 19th century, an era when mass-membership organizations like the Knights of Pythias, Chicago Lumber Exchange, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union were central to national politics.{{cite news|last1=Perry|first1=David M.|title=From Grad School to 'The Atlantic'|url=http://chronicle.com/article/From-Grad-School-to-The/189907/|access-date=26 May 2015|publisher=Chronicle of Higher Education|date=11 February 2015|archive-date=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511202505/http://chronicle.com/article/From-Grad-School-to-The/189907|url-status=live}}

In the March 2019 issue of The Atlantic, Appelbaum wrote a long-form article making the case for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.{{cite news|last1=Appelbaum|first1=Yoni|title=Impeach Donald Trump|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/|access-date=17 January 2019|publisher=The Atlantic|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227204017/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/impeachment-trump/580468/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Hoeven |first1=Emily |title='Impeach Donald Trump': 5 takeaways from The Atlantic's new cover story |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900051224/impeach-donald-trump-impeachment-5-takeaways-from-the-atlantic-yoni-appelbaum-new-cover-story-issue.html |access-date=30 March 2019 |publisher=Deseret News |date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330111054/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900051224/impeach-donald-trump-impeachment-5-takeaways-from-the-atlantic-yoni-appelbaum-new-cover-story-issue.html |url-status=dead }} According to Margaret Sullivan writing in The Washington Post, Appelbaum's essay is the article that "moved... impeachment, all-but-taboo in Big Media's coverage of Trump,...., from the margins into the mainstream — across the journalism spectrum."{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Margaret |title=Get used to it: The 'I-word' — impeachment — is about to dominate Trump coverage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/get-used-to-it-the-i-word--impeachment--is-about-to-dominate-trump-coverage/2019/01/18/0d488fc6-1b44-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html |access-date=21 January 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120235121/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/get-used-to-it-the-i-word--impeachment--is-about-to-dominate-trump-coverage/2019/01/18/0d488fc6-1b44-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html |url-status=live }}

Personal life

In 2004, Appelbaum married Emily Pressman of Wilmington, Delaware, in a Jewish ceremony at Columbia University. They had been dating since they were in college, and Pressman is one year younger than Appelbaum.{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/style/weddings-celebrations-emily-pressman-yoni-appelbaum.html|title = WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Emily Pressman, Yoni Appelbaum|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 20 June 2004|access-date = 21 January 2019|archive-date = 21 January 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121175146/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/style/weddings-celebrations-emily-pressman-yoni-appelbaum.html|url-status = live}} They have two children.{{Cite web|title=Norman Pressman 1948-2017|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=September 18, 2017|url=https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/search/#query=Norman+pressman&dr_year=2017-2017|quote=Norman Jules Pressman. Beloved husband of Helaine "Laney" Pressman, nee Tobey; dear father of Emily (Yoni) Appelbaum and Michael (Mara) Pressman; loving grandfather of Elisheva and Joshua Appelbaum and Eloise Pressman;|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823104157/https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/search/#query=Norman+pressman&dr_year=2017-2017|url-status=live}}