--- title: Mark Oppenheimer | TIME description: Oppenheimer has been covering American religion for more than 25 years. Most recently, he is the author of Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood canonical: https://time.com/author/mark-oppenheimer/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/mark-oppenheimer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mark Oppenheimer ## Mark Oppenheimer [Oppenheimer](https://www.markoppenheimer.com/) has been covering American religion for more than 25 years. Most recently, he is the author of [_Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611023/squirrel-hill-by-mark-oppenheimer/) ## Mark Oppenheimer *  May 31, 2023 ### [The Tree of Life Trial and the Necessity to Forget Mass Violence](https://time.com/6276805/tree-of-life-trial-necessity-forget-mass-violence/) Forgetting is our bodies’ response for survival. But it’s also shows the terrible times in which we ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 28, 2015 ### [Now's the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions](https://time.com/3939143/nows-the-time-to-end-tax-exemptions-for-religious-institutions/) The Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage makes it clearer than ever that the government shouldn't ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 28, 2015 ### [Lena Dunham’s Not an Anti-Semite, She’s Just Clueless](https://time.com/3762314/lena-dunham-anti-semite-dog-jewish-boyfriend-adl/) Lena Dunham's portrayals of Jews, in her show and in her New Yorker piece, trade in the stalest of s... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-oppenheimer/","name":"Mark Oppenheimer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-oppenheimer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/mark-oppenheimer/"},"name":"Mark Oppenheimer","jobTitle":"","description":"Oppenheimer has been covering American religion for more than 25 years. Most recently, he is the author of Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood","url":"https://time.com/author/mark-oppenheimer/","sameAs":["https://x.com/markopp1"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```