Niles Elliot Goldstein

NILES ELLIOT GOLDSTEIN is a Reform rabbi with more than twenty-five years of congregational experience and the author or editor of ten books. His books include Lost Souls, Gonzo Judaism and God at the Edge.

Goldstein holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. He has taught at New York University and Hebrew Union College and has written for Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times.

When not writing, Goldstein serves as senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom of Napa Valley. He previously founded The New Shul, an independent synagogue in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, serving as its rabbi from 1999 to 2009, and has served as national Jewish chaplain for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association and as a U.S. Army chaplain.

Niles Elliot Goldstein’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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