Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff

Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff has served as Executive Director of the 14th Street Y in New York City since 2007, overseeing the tripling of the size of the Y's core programs and the founding of LABA: The National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture. He holds a doctorate in Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and publishes, lectures, and teaches on art, religion, music, and Jewish life widely. Most recently, he contributed chapters on Bruce Springsteen and the Bible to Reading the Boss: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Works of Bruce Springsteen(Lexington Books) and Bob Dylan and religion to Dylan at Play(Cambridge Scholars Publishing). He blogs athttp://talkinhavanagilahblues.blogspot.com.