Jonathan Krasner

Jonathan B. Krasner is the author of the National Jewish Book Award winning title The Benderly Boys & American Jewish Education. Krasner was also a finalist for the 2012 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.


Articles by Jonathan Krasner

Day Schools and the End of the Melting Pot

I met Peter Beinart in 1999 when he was writing an article for The Atlantic on Jewish community day schools. ...

The Magic of Summer Camp

When my ten year old daughter heads to sleep-away camp this summer she will follow a family tradition that began the ...

What’s in a Name?

One of the greatest dilemmas I faced while writing  The Benderly Boys & American Jewish Education was how to refer ...