Testimonials
“Dr. Nathan Katz is a superb speaker whose lectures are marked by erudition, passion and humor. He immediately senses the needs and wants of his audience and accommodates his talks accordingly. Stories about his travels are fascinating and inspiring. His depth and breadth of knowledge is impressive. Truly a great educator.”
Daniel A. Drubach, M.D., Division of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine
“Dr. Nathan Katz brings decades of cutting-edge scholarship in world religions together with sensitivity, savvy, and vibrant humor as he thinks through the most pressing issues in our contemporary religious landscape. His perspectives will enliven your thinking, his oratorical skills will mesmerize you, and his conclusions will open your heart.”
Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies, Naropa University
Professor Nathan Katz is an excellent teacher and lecturer. His talks are fascinating, well-presented, and are full of wisdom, energy and clarity. He has been coming as presenter to the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas for many years and has been speaking on many topics, from ‘Neuroscience and Spirituality‘ and ‘Contemporary Global Spirituality,’ to ‘Benares and Jerusalem’ and ‘Feminine Archetypes of Spirituality.’ We keep inviting him back – sometimes even twice in the same season – because our students and visitors are so inspired. I highly recommend him as a presenter, speaker and moderator.”
Rukmini Chaitanya, Program Director, Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas
“Nathan Katz is a lecturer who shares wisdom and knowledge with graceful words. Very few academic scholars can do this as honestly—and yes, as humbly—as Nathan. His range of knowledge is extraordinary spanning continents and truly disparate religious traditions. In a world so fractured by hatred and ignorance, his lectures and writings create bridges of understanding and empathy. Here is a creative, highly respected scholar who has touched hearts, minds and souls with his unique expertise and verve.”Vera Schwarcz, Ph.D., Emerita Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University
“Nathan Katz is a congenial speaker who welcomes his audience into his vast knowledge and experience with aplomb.”Ilana Attia, Editor, B’Or HaTorah Journal of Torah and Science
“A dynamic speaker who knows his material.”Khaleel Mohammed, Ph.D., Professor of Religion, San Diego State University
“Nathan Katz is a spiritual seeker and a scholar of Eastern religions whose personal story is compelling and the Jewish world that he reveals is enchanting and inspiring.”
Rabbi Chaim Sandler-Feller, Director Emeritus, The Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA, Lee and Irving Kalsman Campus
“Nathan Katz is one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of South Asian religions, with special expertise in Jewish religion there. Professor Katz brings to the lecture platform his personal attachment to Judaism, his great knowledge of Judaism and other religions, and his ability to empathize with the religious and intellectual concerns of those to whom and with whom he speaks. He is always interesting, engaging, and challenging.”
David Novak, Ph.D., F.R.S.C., J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair in Jewish Studies, Professor of Religion and Philosophy, University of Toronto
“Nathan Katz knows an audience. Whether it is an academic group or a group of interested individuals, Katz delivers his presentations with appropriateness of purpose. His speeches exhibit clarity, wit, warmth and intelligence. Having watched him deliver a lecture at my college or a public address to a broad audience, Nathan Katz knows how to engage a group with interesting ideas—always interesting ideas.”Stephen Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College