Lawrence A. Hoffman
Forfatter af The Sh'ma and Its Blessings
Om forfatteren
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College -- Jewish Institute of Religion. His studies on spirituality form the basis for "Synagogue 2000," an internationally recognized institute helping synagogues to become moral and spiritual centers for the twenty-first century. vis mere Hoffman writes a column on the weekly Torah portion that is syndicated in the U.S. and abroad, and lectures widely to Jewish and Christian audiences vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Lawrence A. Hoffman
My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries Volume 1 (2007) 72 eksemplarer
My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries Volume 2 (2008) 56 eksemplarer
The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition (2002) 50 eksemplarer
The Canonization of the Synagogue Service (Studies in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, No 4) (1979) 39 eksemplarer
We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism--Ashamnu Al Chet (Prayers for Awe) (2012) 27 eksemplarer
The Land of Israel: Jewish Perspectives (Studies in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity) (1986) — Redaktør — 22 eksemplarer
Sacred Sound and Social Change: Liturgical Music in Jewish and Christian Experience (Two Liturgical Traditions, Vol 3) (1992) 19 eksemplarer
All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days (Prayers of Awe) (2014) 16 eksemplarer
May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism - Yizkor (Prayers of Awe) (2013) 15 eksemplarer
Encountering God: God Merciful and Gracious―El Rachum V'chanun (Prayers of Awe Series) (2016) 10 eksemplarer
Sacred Places and the Pilgrimage of Life (Meeting House Essays : Architecture and Art for Liturgy Series, No 1) (1991) 9 eksemplarer
My People's Prayer Book Vol 9: Welcoming the Night―Minchah and Ma'ariv (Afternoon and Evening Prayer) (2005) 8 eksemplarer
My People's Prayer Book Vol 10: Shabbat Morning: Shacharit and Musaf (Morning and Additional Services) (2007) 5 eksemplarer
What Is a Jew? 1 eksemplar
My People's Prayer Book Vol 2: The Amidah 1 eksemplar
The People's Prayer Book 1 eksemplar
All the World 1 eksemplar
My People's Prayer Book vol 10: Shabbat morning 1 eksemplar
My People's Prayer Book vol 3: Morning Psalms 1 eksemplar
My People's Prayer Book vol 7 Shabbat at Home 1 eksemplar
My People's Prayer Book Vol 7: Shabbat at Home 1 eksemplar
Naming God: Our Father, Our King 1 eksemplar
My People's Prayer Book Vol 9: Welcoming the Night-Minchah and Ma'ariv (Afternoon and Evening Prayer) 1 eksemplar
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- 1942
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- Hebrew Union College (Ordained, 1969; PhD 1973)
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- Union for Reform Judaism
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The correct premise of the book is that ethnic nostalgia, memories of the Holocaust and "pediatric Judaism" or focus on pre-Bar Mitzvah schooling cannot sustain synagogues and by extension the Jewish religion. Something more is needed; and the author struggles with this. So much so that reading the book was a bit of a challenge. Ultimately Rethinking Synagogues is worthwhile reading.
But it is definitely a commitment.… (mere)