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.”
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
