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Authors / Jonah S. Boyarin

Jonah S. Boyarin is a writer, anti-racist educator, Yiddish translator, and born-and-raised New Yorker. The Jewish Week named him one of 2020’s ​“36 Under 36.” 

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Review
Yiddish Fiddler’s Unseen Triumphs
Fidler afn Dakh opens new possibilities for reading the iconic play, but it’s not clear who’s noticing.
Jonah S. Boyarin August 29, 2019
Essay
The Sabbath, an Island in Time, Under Attack
Finding solace in ritual after Poway and Pittsburgh.
Jonah S. Boyarin May 10, 2019
Essay
AIPAC Isn’t the Whole Story
The Israel lobby represents a broad constellation of interests.
Jonah S. Boyarin March 4, 2019
Report
Synagogue Security After Squirrel Hill
Rising to the threats of the moment requires strategic thinking and training.
Jonah S. Boyarin November 20, 2018
Holidays
Sholem Aleichem’s Revolutionary Chickens, and a Yom Kippur Tradition
The surprising origins of Yom Kippur’s kappores and tashlikh rituals.
Jonah S. Boyarin September 17, 2018
Dispatch
Daniel Kahn’s Yiddish Militancy
A concert-goer inspired by Daniel Kahn’s fiercely political Yiddish music asks: how does this tradition inform how we act, here and now?
Jonah S. Boyarin July 5, 2018
Writings Grid
Men: Cook, Clean and Do the Childcare This Yom Kippur
Jonah S. Boyarin September 28, 2017
Articles
“The Miracle of My Life” — and Jewish Solidarity Now
Jonah S. Boyarin April 27, 2017

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