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Jonathan Silin

Jonathan Silin is the author of four books including Early Childhood, Aging and the Life Cycle: Mapping Common Ground. He is a fellow at the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, and was the life partner of the American photographer Robert Giard. He lives in Toronto and Amagansett, New York, with his partner, David Townsend.

  • The author, 1980s
    The author, 1980s
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    Becoming Historical

    In middle-old age, finding a new way to look back at the past offers hope for the future

    byJonathan Silin
  • Marginalia in a Northern Italian prayer book, including a Haggadah, shown here, 1469
    Marginalia in a Northern Italian prayer book, including a Haggadah, shown here, 1469
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    Finding Meaning in the Margins

    My prayer books connect me to previous generations, and pose questions about my own religious practice

    byJonathan Silin
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    Living With Uncertainty

    How a mistaken cancer diagnosis led me to engage with Judaism in a new way

    byJonathan Silin
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    Visiting Ruth

    When the pandemic subsides, I’ll go back to seeing my old friend in her nursing facility. But I’ll go back with a new understanding of what we each get out of our routine.

    byJonathan Silin
  • Tony Kushner, 1995, New York, NY.
    Tony Kushner, 1995, New York, NY.
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    Portraits of the Artists

    At the height of the AIDS epidemic, photographer Robert Giard captured a generation of gay and lesbian writers, many of them Jewish

    byJonathan Silin
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    Border Crossings

    I didn’t truly appreciate the sense of security that citizenship can provide until I became an immigrant myself as an adult

    byJonathan Silin
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