About Joseph A. Skloot Joseph A. Skloot is the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History and Associate Director of the Tisch Fellowship Program at Hebrew Union College in New York City. Books by Joseph A. Skloot Communities of Meaning: Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman edited by Joseph A. Skloot & Lisa J. Grushcow