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Jonathan Boyarin

Jonathan Boyarin is Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Cornell University.

  • A scene from the author’s days studying at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ). The late Rav Dovid Feinstein sits at the head of the table.
    A scene from the author’s days studying at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ). The late Rav Dovid Feinstein sits at the head of the table.
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    An Anthropologist Goes to Yeshiva

    Jonathan Boyarin meditates on what can be gained from studying Jewish tradition

    byJonathan Boyarin
  • Photocollage: Tablet Magazine
    Photocollage: Tablet Magazine
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    A Belzer Shtibl Boxed Set

    Boro Park Hasidim chronicle their past, present, and future in luxuriously printed volumes part yearbook, part history, part social pages, part prayer book

    byJonathan Boyarin
  • The Stanton Street Shul, 2008.(Jason Rule)
    The Stanton Street Shul, 2008.(Jason Rule)
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    The Tenth Man

    The shul on Stanton Street outlasted others in a neighborhood once dense with them. One writer spent his summer trying to find out why. An excerpt.

    byJonathan Boyarin
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