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Jonathan Fast (born April 13, 1948) is an American author and social work teacher.
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- Jonathan Fast Author and Associate Professor Community Forum with Susan Shaner 121415
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Life and career

Fast was born in New York City. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. He has a daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, from his first marriage to author Erica Jong, and two sons from his marriage to Barbara Fast, a Unitarian minister.
As of 2017, Fast is an associate professor of social work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.
His father, Howard Fast (1914-2003), was the author of many best-selling novels, including Spartacus (1951), which became the basis for the 1960 film of the same name.
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