Dr. Stephen Daniel Arnoff is the CEO of the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center and has served in senior leadership roles at the 92nd Street Y, the 14th Street Y, Shalem College, and the JCC Association. Holding a doctorate in Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as a Wexner Graduate Fellow, Stephen teaches and lectures at synagogues, conferences, community centers, universities, and private and corporate convenings around the world, specializing in the nexus of religion, spirituality, identity, and culture. 

His book About Man and God and Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan, based on his popular podcast on the Pantheon Podcast Network, was published in 2022, and has been called “a revelation.” Stephen writes regularly for Times of Israel, having served as Manager Editor of Zeek, and a contributor to the Forward, the Jerusalem Post, HuffPost, and more. He was awarded the Rockower Prize for Jewish Journalism for his essay on Philip Roth, and he has contributed books on Jewish communal life, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and contemporary spirituality. 

Formerly a Mandel Jerusalem Fellow, a Revson Fellow, and a Tikvah Scholar at the NYU School of Law, the Forward called Stephen “the godfather of New Jewish Culture” when he founded the 14th Street Y’s LABA, which since 2007 has established leading-edge Jewish artist residencies in New York City, the Bay Area, Berlin, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and Istanbul. He has also served as the Chair of the Board for Jerusalem Culture Unlimited (2017-2024). 

Having proudly made aliyah to Israel in 1994 and served in the IDF’s Engineering Corps, Stephen lives in Jerusalem with his four children.