Associate Fellows

Aliza Becker

Aliza Becker is an Associate Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center and the director of two oral history projects under its auspices: The American Jewish Peace Archive and Meanings of October 27th oral history project, archived with the Rauh Jewish Archives in Pittsburgh and on the October 27 Archive website. She is the co-producer of October 27th,, a podcast adapted from the oral history interviews that tells the story of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting through the voices of the local community.

Daniel Wortel-London

Daniel Wortel-London is a historian of American politics and economic thought, and a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Bard College. He is the author of The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 (University of Chicago Press, 2025), which traces how an impoverished vision of economic growth came to dominate New York City's public life — with devastating consequences for its ethical and communal life. His scholarship has appeared in the Journal of Urban History and Capitalism: A Journal of History and Economics, where his forthcoming article "Economization and its Discontents" examines how scholars have narrowed their understanding of economic life and argues for a more plural framework rooted in diverse economies theory. Beyond academic publishing, Wortel-London has brought historical analysis to bear on contemporary political debates through writing in The Nation, Jacobin, and Inequality.org. His public-facing work explores the ethical prerequisites of just economies, the economic prerequisites of flourishing communities, and the strategies needed to identify and secure both in the modern world.