Rabbi Lawrence a Hoffman

Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world - renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism. His many books, written and edited, include the previous five volumes in the...See more

Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world - renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism. His many books, written and edited, include the previous five volumes in the Prayers of Awe series: Who by Fire, Who by Water - Un'taneh Tokef; All These Vows - Kol Nidre; We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism - Ashamnu and Al Chet; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism - Yizkor; and All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days. Hoffman also edited the ten - volume series My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and coedited My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (all Jewish Lights). Rabbi Hoffman cofounded and developed Synagogue 2/3000, a transdenominational project to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty - first century. In that capacity, he wrote Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life (Jewish Lights). Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics: â [ A Day of Wine and Moses: The Passover Haggadah and the Seder You Have Always Wanted â [ Preparing for the High Holy Days: How to Appreciate the Liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur â [ The Essence of Jewish Prayer: The Prayer Book in Context and Worship in Our Time â [ Beyond Ethnicity: The Coming Project for North American Jewish Identity â [ Synagogue Change: Transforming Synagogues as Spiritual and Moral Centers for the Twenty - First Century See less