Edwin Goldberg

Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL, noted lecturer, is coordinator of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) editorial committee on the forthcoming High Holy Days prayer book. He is the incoming senior rabbi at Temple Sholom in Cicago and the former spiritual leader at Temple Judea in Coral Gables, Florida. He has a doctorate in Hebrew literature from Hebrew Union College. He is author of Saying No and Letting Go: Jewish Wisdom on Making Room for What Matters Most (Jewish Lights). He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor; We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet; All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days and Naming God: Avinu Malkeinu—Our Father, Our King (all Jewish Lights).

Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL, is available to speak on the following topics:

• Can Swords Become Plowshares? Jewish Views on War and Peace
• Short, Short Stories from the Talmud and How They Can Change Our Lives
• Mindfulness and the Rebbes: Why Liberal Jews Should Learn about Chasidism
• A Brief but Vital History of Modern Israel
• Saying No and Letting Go: Jewish Wisdom and Texts on Doing Much More with Less

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