Letting Us Pray: A Symposium on Language in Liturgy. Left to Right at Front: Judith Kubicki, Julia Upton, Joel M. Hoffman, Matthew Ernest, and Thomas Scirghi. Photo by David Joshua Ford. I had the privilege and treat yesterday to take part in “Letting Us Pray: A Symposium on Language in Liturgy,” at Fordham University. With [...]
Yesterday I had the great treat to offer a lecture on Bible translation at CCNY’s Jewish Studies Program. I’d never been to City College of New York (part of CUNY) so I didn’t know what to expect. But my lecture was scheduled during the students’ free time, and attendance was optional, so I thought I’d [...]
Georgia — World-renowned author, lecturer, and Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life special presenter Dr. Joel Hoffman gave two lectures at Temple Israel, in Columbus, January 27 and 28, to standing room-only crowds. “Hoffman was great. Jerry Seinfeld was in town on Friday, and I swear Joel was funnier.” Dr. Hoffman, who spoke on the [...]
I’ve just come back from a wonderful ISJL-sponsored trip to Virginia Beach, VA, where in addition to presenting a series of lectures to the adults in the community and signing books, I had the privilege of teaching children on Sunday morning. The trip got off to a shaky start when, because of timing constraints, I [...]
I’m off to lecture in West Lafayette, Indiana, leaving, for the first time from Stewart International Airport. And so far it’s a great way to travel. I’ve mentioned before that the major New York City airports strike me as islands of the Third World right here in the middle of the First, so I took [...]
