Seekers of Meaning: Rabbis Edwin Goldberg and Elaine Zecher discuss new book, “Because My Soul Longs for You”

Rabbi Address chats with this week’s Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast guests, Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, center, rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom of The Woodlands, in the Houston area; and Rabbi Elaine Zecher, senior rabbi of Temple Israel, Boston. Rabbis Goldberg and Zecher are authors of the new CCAR Press book, Because My Soul Longs for You.

On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom of The Woodlands, in the Houston area and Rabbi Elaine Zecher, senior rabbi of Temple Israel, Boston, discuss their new CCAR Press book, Because My Soul Longs for You.

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About the Guest

Rabbi Elaine Zecher

Innovation in ritual and prayer, profound engagement in social action, leadership, scholarship, and a palpable love of Jewish life are hallmarks of Rabbi Elaine Zecher’s rabbinate. As the senior rabbi of Temple Israel of Boston, she leads the largest congregation in New England, forging close personal relationships within the congregation and the larger community.

Rabbi Zecher speaks passionately about social justice; she is a tireless worker in interfaith partnerships, and an advocate for progressive legislation and policy. She is noted as well for her personal warmth, deep humanity, quick wit, and humor. She is an engaging teacher who makes scholarship accessible and captivating.

Committed to developing creative liturgy and prayer, she was instrumental in developing new prayer books for Shabbat and weekdays, as well as the Machzor, which is used on the High Holy Days. Active in the national Reform Jewish movement, she served as Vice President for Leadership of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR).

Rabbi Zecher is a graduate of Brandeis University and she was ordained from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in 1988.  She is married to Dr. David Eisenberg and has three adult children.

Rabbi Edwin Goldberg

Rabbi Edwin Goldberg currently serves as the rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom of The Woodlands, in the Houston area. He received rabbinic ordination and a doctorate in Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (in 1989 and 1994, respectively).