Elyse Goldstein

After graduating HUC-JIR in New York in 1983, Rabbi Goldstein has had a distinguished career as congregational rabbi, founding director of Kolel, a liberal Jewish adult learning centre, and author. She has travelled extensively-giving talks, teachng, and served as scholar-in-residence at congregations around the world. She is the founding rabbi of City Shul, a Reform synagogue in downtown Toronto. She has written and edited award-winning books:
ReVisions: Seeing Torah through a Feminist Lens (1998)
The Women's Torah Commentary (2000)
The Women's Haftarah Commentary (2003)
New Jewish Feminism: Probing the Past, Forging the Future (2004)
In 1996, the YWCA of Metropolitan Toronto presented her with the Woman of Distinction Award for excellence in the field of education. She was named ORT "Woman of the Year" in 2001. Elyse Goldstein received the 2004 UJA Rabbinic Achievement Award. She was the 2005 recipient of the most prestigious award in Jewish education, the internationally recognized Covenant Award for Exceptional Jewish Educators. In 2018 she received an honorary degree from Ryerson University.