Scholar in Residence

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Neil Blumofe Phone: 512-735-8404 Email: rabbi@caa-austin.org Website (for further information): www.caa-austin.org Memberships: Cantors Assembly,Rabbinical Assembly
I am available for: Weekends,Individual lectures / concerts,Lecture series / concert series,Consult on lecture / concert programming
Biography: Neil F. Blumofe Neil Blumofe is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, a growing congregation of 650+ families. He holds Rabbinic Ordinations from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York and the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles. Rabbi Blumofe also holds the diploma of Hazzan (Vocal Cantorial Arts) from JTS. His academic interests include researching reactions and responses to post-modernism and exploration of the writings of SY Agnon and their importance in revealing a sustainable Judaism in the 21st century. In these investigations, questions of worship, ritual performance and spiritual leadership are paramount. Blumofe is on faculty at St. Edwards University in Austin and is a jazz composer and a recording musician. In addition, Neil is active in social justice work in Austin — serving on the Executive Committee of the Texas Freedom Network and the Advisory Board of the NPR affiliate radio station in Austin, KUT. He has studied at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, is part of the Hevraya of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, has been a Rabbinic Fellow in Rabbis Without Borders for 2011-2012, and will participate in the Young Rabbis' Delegation to Ghana sponsored by the American Jewish World Service in summer, 2012. His jazz recordings are available on iTunes and his divrei Torah can be found at the site, Chirga d’Yoma -- http://blumofe.wordpress.com/
My topics include:
Pray Your Enthusiasm: Transforming synagogues into worship laboratories of meaning and significance workshop-lecture Distinctly Jewish, Distinctly American: A jazz concert concert-lecture-workshop Opening the World of Jewish Wisdom: how Jewish sacred texts and secular literature form new opportunities for learning lecture The Secret of Staying Jewish: Being Jewish in America concert-lecture Jewish Mysticism -- a beautiful way of rooting ourselves in Judaism and charging our lives with meaning and purpose lecture-workshop
My general fee range is $1501-2000; details:
For an individual lecture, my fee is $1001-1500; details:
For a series of lectures, my fee is $1501-2000; details:
For consulting, my fee is $1001-1500; details:
My quoted fees include travel: No