THE TUMMLER

tumm·ler – noun

a male entertainer, as formerly employed by resorts in the Catskill Mountains, who combined the duties of a comedian, activities director, and master of ceremonies to keep the guests amused throughout the day.
any lively, prankish, or mischievous man.
someone who makes things happen.

Origin: 1930–35; Yiddish tumler – one who makes a racket.

Jonathan Pillot is more than a tummler; he’s The Tummler. The Tummler of NYC. And now, it seems, of San Miguel, as well. And Asheville. And while Jonathan is a “Connector” in that Gladwellian way, and connecting, linking and matchmaking is a piece of what Jonathan DOES, it doesn’t get to the essence of what makes him The Tummler. As much as what he may do, it’s more about who he IS at his core, who he has always been. It’s how and what he LOVES to be, and do. At a time when technology often creates more disconnection from our “Tribes,” when our notions of family and Community are too often deeply eroded, and societally we seem to have become fragmented into broken, little pieces, JP is all about creating family, making and Connecting community wherever he goes. Always seeking ways to be a Bridger – person-to-person, nabe-by-nabe, hood-by-hood – doing whatever he can to glue together as many as possible. Anyone who enters his world for even 5 minutes gets it. Clearly, it/he ain’t for everybody.

Taking that schmaltz-cooked definition from post-World War II lox and a schmear-eating Eastern Europeans now known as “New York Jews,” and bringing the old world into the “new age.” JP loves his brisket, while also savoring and relishing Mexican culture, sushi, yoga, Facebook, tantra, Mezcal and his astrology app.

JP’s the unofficial concierge for New York. Connector, aggregator, tour guide, travel agent, restaurant recommender, DJ, editor. Now bringing the melting pot breadth of a NYJew lens, globally.