STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Becoming a Spiritual Synagogue in a Post-Ethnic Era” will be the topic of a lecture by Rabbi Dr. Lawrence Hoffman at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 in Wagner College’s Spiro Hall.
The lecture is part of the Grymes Hill college’s Jewish Culture Series, which is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Rabbi Hoffman was ordained in 1969 and has taught at the Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion in Manhattan since 1973. In 2003, he was named the first Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual.
He has written or edited 30 books, including “My People’s Prayer Book,” a 10-volume edition of the siddur, with modern commentaries. His recent book, “Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life,” is widely used by congregations of all denominations that are working on transforming themselves.
In 1994 he co-founded Synagogue 2000 (now called Synagogue 3000), a project to transform synagogues into moral and spiritual centers for the 21st century.
Wagner College is located on Howard Avenue at Campus Road. For information, call Rabbi Dr. Abraham Unger at 718-390-3297 or e-mail him at abe.unger@wagner.edu.
