I work with people and organizations at moments of possibility and change—as a strategic partner, teacher, writer, and musician.

For more than three decades, my work has brought together leadership, creativity, Jewish learning, music, and the search for meaning.

Today I help organizations find clarity and move forward, create learning and cultural experiences that bring people together, and write about belonging, meaning, and the complicated business of being human.

Dr. Stephen Daniel Arnoff is a writer, teacher, musician, strategic partner, and coach based in Jerusalem.

Over more than thirty years, he has led major cultural and communal organizations in the United States and Israel, created influential programs in arts and Jewish life, taught and performed internationally, and advised organizations, leaders, and seekers navigating change.

His work explores the places where meaning, culture, leadership, purpose, and community meet.

Strategic Partner, Consultant & Coach

I work with leaders and mission-driven organizations to find clarity, navigate change, strengthen their work, and turn good ideas into practical next steps.

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Scholar-in-Residence

Weekends, talks, conversations, and learning experiences exploring Jewish life, meaning, culture, music, and the questions that matter.

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Music & Meaning

Programs exploring the spiritual and cultural worlds of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, and the music that has shaped our lives.

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Writing

Stephen writes essays, books, and reflections on belonging, meaning, Jewish life, music, and the complicated business of being human. I Can’t Find My Way Home: A Book of Belonging is forthcoming. About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan was published in 2022.

I also write Marginal Prophet, my regular newsletter, and about music, culture, myth, and the search for meaning.

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A woman with dark hair sitting on a rug in front of a large group of people, with most seated cross-legged and placing their right hand over their heart, inside a room with bookshelves and a door in the background.

“An inspiring and reflective spiritual journey.”

-Pamela Lavitt, Stroum JCC, Seattle, WA

“Evocative, learned, personal…and soulful.”

-Dana Spiotta, author of Wayward, Stone Arabia, and Eat the Document

You have a serious gift for making the music and Torah fuse together and take on new spiritual heights.”

-Rabbi Sharon Mars, Temple Israel, Columbus, OH

Let's talk.

If you're considering a strategic project, seeking a coach, planning a scholar-in-residence visit or program, or simply think there may be something worth exploring together, I'd be glad to hear from you.

I work with people and organizations at moments of possibility and change—as a strategic partner, teacher, writer, and musician.

For more than three decades, my work has brought together leadership, creativity, Jewish learning, music, and the search for meaning.

Today I help organizations find clarity and move forward, create learning and cultural experiences that bring people together, and write about belonging, meaning, and the complicated business of being human.

Dr. Stephen Daniel Arnoff is a writer, teacher, musician, strategic partner, and coach based in Jerusalem.

Over more than thirty years, he has led major cultural and communal organizations in the United States and Israel, created influential programs in arts and Jewish life, taught and performed internationally, and advised organizations, leaders, and seekers navigating change.

His work explores the places where meaning, culture, leadership, purpose, and community meet.

“An inspiring and reflective spiritual journey.”

“Evocative, learned, personal…and soulful.”

You have a serious gift for making the music and Torah fuse together and take on new spiritual heights.”

Let's talk.

If you're considering a strategic project, seeking a coach, planning a scholar-in-residence visit or program, or simply think there may be something worth exploring together, I'd be glad to hear from you.

Get in Touch.