Shoshana Kohn-Kutny is a scholar of antisemitism, a deeply Jewish atheist with a Torah brain and Talmud mouth, and an essayist based in Wilmington, Delaware, who writes from inside American Jewish life. Her Jewish Voice commentary “The Fear of Pew” won first place for Excellence in Single Commentary in the American Jewish Press Association’s Simon Rockower Awards. She wrote her thesis on Emma Lazarus, teaches college English, and ghostwrites for people who’d rather you didn’t know. Professional Jew, amateur cardiac patient.