Jonathan Bockian

Jonathan Bockian (born 1949 in Brooklyn, NY) - After retiring from law in 2019, Bockian transitioned to writing. He published his debut novel, What Was Forbidden: a Venice Ghetto mystery, in late 2025. The book is a historical mystery set in the 17th-century Venice Ghetto, inspired by a real memorial he discovered at the Scola Canton synagogue. Mordechai Baldosa, the murder victim, a disaffected Jewish merchant and outspoken skeptic, was involved in a forbidden love affair with a gentile (Christian) high-society courtesan. This illicit interfaith relationship is one of the central, dangerous secrets driving the murder mystery. [Google/AI]

Bockian, Jonathan, (What Was Forbidden [pb, Kunraht Press, 2025]) 979-8218667931