Michael Rectenwald

Michael Rectenwald
Occupations
  • Academic
  • author
  • political activist
Political partyLibertarian
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Pittsburgh (BA)
Case Western Reserve University (MA)
Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Academic work
Institutions
Main interestsSecularism

Michael D. Rectenwald is an American author, former professor, and lobbyist. A member of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party, he has written about 19th-century British secularism and is a critic of the contemporary social justice movement.

In 2025, Rectenwald founded the Anti-Zionist America PAC (AZAPAC). According to a 2026 report in The Intercept, AZAPAC has endorsed far right figures and Hitler apologists. His most recent book addresses "the Jewish question."