Jonathan Boyarin is the Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Pro­fes­sor of Mod­ern Jew­ish Stud­ies at Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty. His books include Jew­ish Fam­i­lies, Morn­ings at the Stan­ton Street Shul: A Sum­mer on the Low­er East Side, and The Uncon­vert­ed Self: Jews, Indi­ans, and the Iden­ti­ty of Chris­t­ian Europe.