Ian Kohn

Ian Kohn is an American Jewish writer, performance poet, and on-and-off actor. His foray into the written word came in his teens, when he joined Get Lit: Words Ignite’s youth poetry troupe, the Get Lit Players. His time with the Get Lit Players gave him the opportunity to perform poems for audiences in the thousands across the United States. One such poem, “Terrified of People,” was posted on YouTube by the illustrious spoken word platform Button Poetry and has over 250,000 views. Ian began exploring Judaism in earnest in his twenties. He’s dipped his toes in various communities in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, studying extensively in synagogue classes and on his own. Judaism and Jewish identity form the thematic cornerstone of his writing today.