Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein is the founder and senior rabbi of The
New Shul in New York City. He is the National Jewish Chaplain for
the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, and is on the
faculty of New York Univeristy. Goldstein holds an honors degree in
philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and received an MA
and his ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion. His essays and poetry have appeared in various
publications around the country, including Newsweek, the Los
Angeles Times, The Forward, Moment, Sh'ma and Confrontation. He has
been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The
Christian Science Monitor, The New York Observer, Glamour, and The
Jewish Week, as well as on domestic and international television
and radio such as Dateline, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the Voice of America,
and the BBC.
He is the author of six books, including Gonzo Judaism (St.
Martins, 2007), Lost Souls- Finding Hope in the Heart of Darkness
(Harmony/Bell Tower 2002, republished in paper by Hidden Spring in
2007 as Craving the Divine- A Spiritual Guide for Today's
Perplexed), and God at the Edge- Searching for the Divine in
Uncomfortable and Unexpected Places (Jewish Lights, 2001).
“Highly recommended. Goldstein harmoniously blends teachings from
the Hebrew Bible, Hasidism, secular contemporary thinkers, and from
his own training in the martial arts and his experience as a
rabbi.”—Association of Jewish Libraries
“Goldstein's work offers a strong counterbalance to so much of the
current teaching that seems to imply that thinking ‘good thoughts’
and ‘visualizing’ can guarantee a life of ease and
plenty.”—Spirituality & Health
“In this compelling book, Goldstein provides a step-by-step program
for contemporary searchers to become spiritual
warriors.”—Spirituality & Practice
“A guy who can discuss Jewish mysticism, boxing, and the Central
Asian nations he has visited can make some distinctive and unique
connections others wouldn’t see.”—PublishersWeekly.com
“Rabbi Goldstein shows us, through examples from his own spiritual
journey, how to harmonize the fine-tuned disciplines of the martial
arts with a profound and transformative Judaism grounded in its
mystical teachings. Any person who seeks to transform and empower
him/herself in response to the call of their soul will find Rabbi
Goldstein an insightful guide and a compassionate companion.”—Rabbi
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, author of Credo of a Modern Kabbalist
"Niles Goldstein makes faith an adventure—which is the only kind of
trip worth taking."—Douglas Rushkoff, author of Nothing Sacred and
Life Inc.
“Goldstein's writing style, down-to-earth and jovially
conversational, is a pleasure to read."—myjewishlearning.com
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