Rabbi Scott Hoffman is rabbi of Shir Chadash in Metairie. A rabbi for more than thirty years, he has served congregations in the New York, Philadelphia, and the Washington, DC, area. Rabbi Hoffman has served as a nursing home chaplain, hospice chaplain and adjunct professor of Talmud at List College/JTS. A PhD recipient in rabbinics from NYU, Rabbi Hoffman's area of interest is in close readings of biblical and rabbinic texts.