Stephen Daniel Arnoff Explained

Stephen Daniel Arnoff
Birth Date:13 November 1969
Notable Works:About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan
Website:linkedin.com/in/stephen-arnoff-86780a4/
Honorific Prefix:Dr
Birth Place:Ohio, United States
Language:English, Hebrew
Citizenship:United States, Israel
Alma Mater:The Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaBrandeis UniversityNYU School of Law
Children:4

Dr. Stephen Daniel Arnoff (formerly Stephen Hazan Arnoff) was born in Ohio on November 13th, 1969 and currently lives in Israel. Arnoff is a writer, musician, teacher and community builder.

Holding a doctorate in Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as a Wexner Graduate Fellow, Arnoff teaches and lectures at synagogues, conferences, community centers, universities, and private and corporate convenings around the world, specializing in the nexus of religion, spirituality, identity, and culture.

Formerly a Mandel Jerusalem Fellow, a Revson Fellow, and a Tikvah Scholar at the NYU School of Law, the Forward referred to Arnoff “the godfather of New Jewish Culture” when he founded the 14th Street Y’s LABA, which since 2007 has established Jewish artist residencies in New York City, the Bay Area, Berlin, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and Istanbul. He has also served as the Chair of the Board for Jerusalem Culture Unlimited between 2017-2024.

Career

Leadership and Management Positions

Since 2017, Dr. Stephen Daniel Arnoff has been the CEO of the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center where he provides professional leadership for a vital center of education, culture and spirituality in Jerusalem, Israel. In 2015-2016, Arnoff served as the CEO and President of the JCC Association[1] [2] in New York, NY, where he represented more than 120 local JCCs to key organizations and donors in the North American Jewish community and primarily focused on strategic planning and management as well as issues of long-term visioning and positioning of JCCs in the wider community. Arnoff stepped down from this position in order to move back to Israel with his family.[3]

As the Director of Culture, Community and Society at the Shalem College in Jerusalem, in 2013-2015[4] Arnoff supervised all non-academic student activity. In this position, he built and facilitated community service programs for students, managed cultural and non-academic programs and events, founded a weekly leadership seminar featuring leading figures in Israel and the Jewish world, and partnered with leading Israeli cultural and academic institutions.

In 2007-2013, Arnoff served as Executive Director of the 14th Street Y (New York, NY), where he supervised all the programs and operations of a JCC in the East Village of Manhattan. During this time Arnoff founded and directed the 14th Street Y’s LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture. Prior to this period, in 2002-2005, Arnoff served as the Founding Director of Artists Networks and Programming at the MAKOR/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y (New York, NY).[5] In this role, Arnoff established the MAKOR Artists-in-Residence and was responsible for programming the MAKOR Theater, Gallery, and Lecture Hall. In 2000-2002, Arnoff served as the Founding Co-Director of The Artist Workshop Experiment (New York, NY and Jerusalem), where he created and facilitated intensive Jewish study workshops and public installations, events, and performances by and for artists from multiple disciplines in New York and Jerusalem (funded by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships).

Teacher

Published Works

His book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan,[6] based on his popular podcast on the Pantheon Podcast Network, was published in 2022, and has been called “a revelation.” Arnoff writes regularly for Times of Israel, having served as Manager Editor of Zeek, and a contributor to The Forward, The Jerusalem Post, HuffPost, and more. He was awarded the Rockower Prize for Jewish Journalism for his essay on Philip Roth, and has contributed books on Jewish communal life, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and contemporary spirituality.

Books

Chapters in Books

Articles

Music and Performance

Podcaster

Composer and Music Director

Singer, Performer and Instrumentalist

Awards and Honors

Education

Personal Life

Having made aliyah to Israel in 1994 and served in the IDF’s Engineering Corps, Stephen Daniel Arnoff lives in Jerusalem with his four children. Dr. Arnoff has volunteered as the Board Chair of Jerusalem Culture Unlimited,[78] an umbrella organization supporting management consulting, strategic planning and execution, resource development, and cultivation of partnership organizations for 50+ emerging arts and culture organizations in Jerusalem (2018-2024).

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 2015-01-09 . Stephen Hazan Arnoff Named CEO of JCC Association . 2024-08-07 . eJewishPhilanthropy.
  3. News: JCC Association head resigns after one year on the job . live.
  4. Web site: Shalem College Hires Stephen Hazan Arnoff to Head New Office of Culture, Community, and Society . 2024-08-05 . Shalem College . en.
  5. Web site: Griffith . Brad . 2014-08-14 . Heard Round WexWorld: Robin Williams . 2024-08-05 . The Wexner Foundation . en-US.
  6. Book: Arnoff, Stephen Daniel . About man and God and law: the spiritual wisdom of Bob Dylan . 2022 . Morgan James Publishing . 978-1-63195-688-1 . New York.
  7. Book: Arnoff, Stephen Daniel . About man and God and law: the spiritual wisdom of Bob Dylan . 2022 . Morgan James Publishing . 978-1-63195-688-1 . New York.
  8. Book: Dylan at play . 2011 . Cambridge Scholars . 978-1-4438-2974-8 . Smart . Nick . Newcastle upon Tyne, UK . 727106321 . Goss . Nina.
  9. Book: Reading the boss: interdisciplinary approaches to the works of Bruce Springsteen . 2010 . Lexington Books . 978-0-7391-4535-7 . Harde . Roxanne . Lanham, Md . 612350066 . Streight . Irwin Howard.
  10. Book: Parole Nel Vento. I Migliori Saggi Critici Su Bob Dylan . 978-8882125776 . Carrera . Alessandro . 2008 . Interlinea .
  11. Web site: 2003-12-29 . MyJewishLearning.com - Texts: Seder Toharot (Purities) . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031229033049/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/talmud/Overview_The_Mishnah/ArnoffSederToharot.htm . 2003-12-29 .
  12. Web site: 2003-04-23 . MyJewishLearning.com - Holidays: The Rabbinic Tradition . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030423082836/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Tu_Bishvat/TO_Tu_Beliefs/Rabbinic.htm . 2003-04-23 .
  13. Web site: 2003-08-17 . MyJewishLearning.com - Holidays: Feminine Aspects of Counting the Omer . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030817110308/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Shavuot/TO_Shavuot_Community/Isaacs_Omer_654/Omer_Feminine.htm . 2003-08-17 .
  14. Web site: 2003-04-23 . MyJewishLearning.com - Holidays: The Hidden God . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030423084146/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Purim/TO_Purim_Themes/Hidden_God.htm . 2003-04-23 .
  15. Web site: 2003-12-29 . MyJewishLearning.com - Texts: Seder Nashim (Women) . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031229024500/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/talmud/Overview_The_Mishnah/SederNashim.htm . 2003-12-29 .
  16. Web site: 2006-02-09 . MyJewishLearning.com - Texts: Methods of Midrash . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060209024755/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/Midrash/MidrashAggadah/MidrashMethods.htm . 2006-02-09 .
  17. Web site: A Jewish Artists Service Corps: Creating and Sustaining Community . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060712001104/http://shma.com:80/nov_05/jewish_artists_service.htm . 2006-07-12 .
  18. 2005 . MAKOR Artists-in-Residence . Contact . 8 . 1 . 1.
  19. Web site: Zeek Live By No Man's Code: The Religious Forms of Philip Roth's "Everyman" Stephen Hazan Arnoff . 2024-08-06 . www.zeek.net.
  20. Web site: Zeek In Memoriam: Welcome to Bob Dylan's "Modern Times" Stephen Hazan Arnoff . 2024-08-06 . www.zeek.net.
  21. Web site: Zeek Artneuland: Israeli Art without Borders Stephen Hazan Arnoff . 2024-08-06 . www.zeek.net.
  22. Web site: JBooks.com - Interviews and Profiles: A Recipe for Telling the Passover Story . 2024-08-06 . www.jbooks.com.
  23. Web site: Zeek South of the Border: Talking Peoplehood with Yossi Abramowitz Stephen Hazan Arnoff . 2024-08-06 . www.zeek.net.
  24. Web site: 2006-10-18 . JBooks.com - Fiction: What in the World Are We Longing For . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061018195629/https://www.jbooks.com/fiction/index/FI_Arnoff_Cohen.htm . 2006-10-18 .
  25. Web site: Consumers and Producers: Rethinking the Jewish Cultural Renaissance . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121554/http://shma.com/nov_06/consumers_producers.htm . 2007-09-28 .
  26. Web site: JBooks.com - Non-Fiction: Doctorow Takes on the Creationists . 2024-08-06 . www.jbooks.com.
  27. Web site: 2007-05-08 . BOOKS supplement May 2007 - Haaretz - Israel News . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070508051754/http://www.haaretz.com:80/hasen/spages/855657.html . 2007-05-08 .
  28. Web site: Jewish World We Need the Eggs . Haaretz.
  29. Web site: Zeek He's Not There (2007): Talkin' Bob Dylan Symposium Blues Stephen Hazan Arnoff . 2024-08-06 . www.zeek.net.
  30. Web site: Zeek Hey Judes: Dylan and the Beatles Transformed Stephen Hazan Arnoff . 2024-08-07 . www.zeek.net.
  31. Web site: 2008-11-14 . Jesus, Bob: To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest . 2024-08-07 . The Forward . en.
  32. Web site: 2009-12-09 . Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet . 2024-08-07 . The Forward . en.
  33. Web site: 2010-11-23 . Understanding the Myth and Music of Bob Dylan . 2024-08-07 . The Forward . en.
  34. Web site: 2011-03-16 . Joshua Foer's Memory Palace . 2024-08-07 . The Forward . en.
  35. Web site: 2011-05-24 . Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan! . 2024-08-07 . The Forward . en.
  36. Web site: 2012-02-20 . Addicted to Aggadah . 2024-08-07 . The Forward . en.
  37. Web site: 2012-07-17 . Penn State Football By The Book Of Numbers . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  38. Web site: 2013-01-22 . Unbroken Bones: Connecting Israel's Past And Future . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  39. Web site: 2013-12-06 . Carl Jung, John Lennon and Joseph: The Shadow & the Beautiful Boy (Vayigash, Genesis 44:18-47:27) . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  40. Web site: 2014-03-11 . Stuck Inside Bob Dylan and Llewyn Davis Again . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  41. Web site: 2014-04-10 . Bob Dylan in the 1980s: A Never Ending Tour of a Cantankerous Canon . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  42. Web site: 2014-05-06 . Leviticus: Keeping Holiness Simple (Behar, Leviticus 25:1-26:2) . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  43. Web site: 2014-12-03 . 'I and I' (Parshat Vayishlach, Genesis 32:4-36:42) . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  44. Web site: 2015-06-04 . Changing the Rules of the Game (Parshat B'ha'alot'kha, Numbers 8:1-12:16) . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  45. Web site: 2015-10-14 . 'That's Why I Love Mankind' (Parshat Noah, Genesis 6:9-11:32) . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  46. Web site: 2016-02-25 . By the People and for the People (Parshat Ki Tissa: Exodus 30:11-34:35) . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  47. Web site: Hazan Arnoff . Stephen . Dec 4, 2016 . Leonard Cohen's message for the future . The Times of Israel.
  48. Web site: 2017-12-20 . Bruce Springsteen Says Make a Friend and "Raise Your Hand" . 2024-08-07 . HuffPost . en.
  49. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Sep 13, 2021 . Bob Dylan Gets the Multitudes to Heaven . The Times of Israel.
  50. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Sep 26, 2021 . Power, powerlessness, and Sukkot in 'Borgen' . The Times of Israel.
  51. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Oct 22, 2021 . From Dylan to Beyoncé: Spiritual Secrets Revealed . The Times of Israel.
  52. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Nov 7, 2022 . To truly lead, Israeli officials should learn to paint . The Times of Israel.
  53. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Jan 2, 2023 . Santos lies, Machiavelli sighs, and we get the leaders we deserve . The Times of Israel.
  54. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Jan 10, 2023 . The Fringes That Do Not Have to Tear Us Apart . The Times of Israel.
  55. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Mar 28, 2023 . This Year in Jerusalem . The Times of Israel.
  56. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Apr 25, 2023 . Herzl and Lennon and the World As One . The Times of Israel.
  57. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . May 9, 2023 . A Nation Fit for a King . The Times of Israel.
  58. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Jun 28, 2023 . The Impossible International . The Times of Israel.
  59. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Oct 19, 2023 . Know us by our might and by our kindness . The Times of Israel.
  60. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Oct 26, 2023 . Give Us Our Lives Back . The Times of Israel.
  61. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Nov 3, 2023 . Broken English at Kibbutz Be'eri . The Times of Israel.
  62. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Nov 22, 2023 . Everything You Want for Thanksgiving During War . The Times of Israel.
  63. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Nov 29, 2023 . Mother of Muses . The Times of Israel.
  64. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Dec 7, 2023 . Be Cool or Be Cast Out . The Times of Israel.
  65. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Dec 21, 2023 . In Faith, Cut Out the Middle Man . The Times of Israel.
  66. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Jan 25, 2024 . Like a Diamond in the Dark . The Times of Israel.
  67. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Mar 7, 2024 . Is it the end of a Jewish Golden Age? . The Times of Israel.
  68. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Mar 14, 2024 . Empathy or sympathy? . The Times of Israel.
  69. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Mar 21, 2024 . Purim Is No Joke . The Times of Israel.
  70. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Mar 28, 2024 . Faith in a Taxi . The Times of Israel.
  71. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Apr 18, 2024 . Hope is mandatory . The Times of Israel.
  72. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . May 1, 2024 . Left Behind at Columbia University . The Times of Israel.
  73. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Jun 6, 2024 . Alchemy in the City of Gold . The Times of Israel.
  74. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Jul 4, 2024 . The world according to John Irving in Jerusalem . The Times of Israel.
  75. Web site: Arnoff . Stephen Daniel . Bob Dylan Bob Dylan: About Man and God and Law . 2024-08-07 . About Man and God and Law .
  76. Web site: Pantheon Podcasts . 2024-08-07 . Pantheon Podcasts . en-US.
  77. Web site: Past Events – Jewish Studies . 2024-08-05 . en-US.
  78. Web site: 2021-12-13 . About - Jerusalem Culture Unlimited . 2024-08-05 . en-US.