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'Martin H. Peretz', also known as 'Marty Peretz', (born December 6, 1938), is an American publisher and former Harvard University lecturer. He owned ''The New Republic'' from 1975 to 2007,
[1] and served for many years as its editor-in-chief. In 2007, he sold his shares to CanWest Global Communications Corporation but retained his editor-in-chief position.
Peretz is a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors.
Peretz is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He received his B.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1959, and M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, going on to lecture in social studies. Additionally, Peretz has seven honorary doctorates, and in 1982 received the Jerusalem Medal.
Peretz is married to Anne Labouisse Farnsworth Peretz, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune and daughter of H.R. Labouisse and Elizabeth Scriven Clark. Her wealth is widely credited as having given Peretz the means to buy ''The New Republic''. He is also a descendant of the Yiddish writer I. L. Peretz.
Under the leadership of Peretz, the magazine has generally maintained liberal and neoliberal positions on economic and social issues, and assumed hawkish and strong pro-Israel stances in foreign affairs. Peretz has long supported Democrats over Republicans, including being a major behind-the-scenes benefactor of Eugene McCarthy's primary presidential bid in 1968.
In 1995, Peretz made headlines when he successfully pressured Vice President Al Gore to rescind his offer to Harvard historian and Tennessee writer Richard Marius to be a White House speechwriter. Peretz accused Marius of anti-Semitism, citing a 1992 book review in which Marius compared the tactics of the Israeli secret police searching for Palestinian terrorists in the occupied territories to the Nazi Gestapo in occupied Europe during World War II. Gore, a former student of Peretz's at Harvard in the 1960s, complied with his request.
In a November 28, 2006 posting on his TNR blog 'The Spine,' Peretz referred to former United States President Jimmy Carter, writing: "That's how he will go down in history: as a Jew hater."
[1] On February 16, 2007 he added: "...he (Carter) is animated by a very strong animus towards Jews." [2]
Peretz's commentaries rarely mesh with the moderate opinions and analysis expressed by the ''The New Republic's'' writing staff. In the movie ''Shattered Glass'', which portrays the unmasking of writer Stephen Glass' serial fabrications in the pages of The New Republic, Peretz was played by Canadian director Ted Kotcheff.
On September 8, 2006 Peretz joined the Libby Legal Defense Trust as an Advisory Committee Member. [3]
1. Franklin Foer Is Named Top Editor of New Republic David Carr
★ TNR biography
★ The New Republic - ''TNR'' Online
★ "The Perpetually Perfervid Peretz," Slate
★ "Marty Peretz's Word Power", Slate
★ "My Marty Peretz Problem--And Ours", ''The American Prospect''
★ "DEPAUL'S DISGRACE", by Martin Peretz, New Republic blog, 10.09.2006
[1] and served for many years as its editor-in-chief. In 2007, he sold his shares to CanWest Global Communications Corporation but retained his editor-in-chief position.
Peretz is a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors.
| Contents |
| Personal |
| Editorial stance |
| Controversies and Criticisms |
| References |
| External links |
Personal
Peretz is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He received his B.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1959, and M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, going on to lecture in social studies. Additionally, Peretz has seven honorary doctorates, and in 1982 received the Jerusalem Medal.
Peretz is married to Anne Labouisse Farnsworth Peretz, heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune and daughter of H.R. Labouisse and Elizabeth Scriven Clark. Her wealth is widely credited as having given Peretz the means to buy ''The New Republic''. He is also a descendant of the Yiddish writer I. L. Peretz.
Editorial stance
Under the leadership of Peretz, the magazine has generally maintained liberal and neoliberal positions on economic and social issues, and assumed hawkish and strong pro-Israel stances in foreign affairs. Peretz has long supported Democrats over Republicans, including being a major behind-the-scenes benefactor of Eugene McCarthy's primary presidential bid in 1968.
In 1995, Peretz made headlines when he successfully pressured Vice President Al Gore to rescind his offer to Harvard historian and Tennessee writer Richard Marius to be a White House speechwriter. Peretz accused Marius of anti-Semitism, citing a 1992 book review in which Marius compared the tactics of the Israeli secret police searching for Palestinian terrorists in the occupied territories to the Nazi Gestapo in occupied Europe during World War II. Gore, a former student of Peretz's at Harvard in the 1960s, complied with his request.
Controversies and Criticisms
In a November 28, 2006 posting on his TNR blog 'The Spine,' Peretz referred to former United States President Jimmy Carter, writing: "That's how he will go down in history: as a Jew hater."
[1] On February 16, 2007 he added: "...he (Carter) is animated by a very strong animus towards Jews." [2]
Peretz's commentaries rarely mesh with the moderate opinions and analysis expressed by the ''The New Republic's'' writing staff. In the movie ''Shattered Glass'', which portrays the unmasking of writer Stephen Glass' serial fabrications in the pages of The New Republic, Peretz was played by Canadian director Ted Kotcheff.
On September 8, 2006 Peretz joined the Libby Legal Defense Trust as an Advisory Committee Member. [3]
References
1. Franklin Foer Is Named Top Editor of New Republic David Carr
External links
★ TNR biography
★ The New Republic - ''TNR'' Online
★ "The Perpetually Perfervid Peretz," Slate
★ "Marty Peretz's Word Power", Slate
★ "My Marty Peretz Problem--And Ours", ''The American Prospect''
★ "DEPAUL'S DISGRACE", by Martin Peretz, New Republic blog, 10.09.2006
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