Lisa L. Goldstein (born 9 October 1965) is an American

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and, from 2011 to 2019, was the

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of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, an organisation based in

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. She was previously Executive Director of Hillel of

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Biography

Lisa Laura Goldstein was born on 9 October 1965 in Pasadena, California. She was the first of three children of celebrated astronomer Richard Goldstein and Ruth Goldstein and was raised in California. Her mother, Ruth, is the daughter of the celebrated

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Heinz A. Lowenstam and a great-niece of

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's rabbi

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. Goldstein studied history at Brown University in

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, and subsequently trained for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (in New York and Los Angeles) where she also received a master's degree in

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. From 1991 to 1993 she was assistant rabbi at

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, a

synagogue in

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. In 2000

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recognised her as being an Exemplar of Excellence. Since June 2020, Rabbi Goldstein is offering online courses on meditation, resilience and Jewish mysticism. She lives in New York City with her husband Igal Harmelin and their foster son.

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A Spring and a Tree, Rabbi Lisa Goldstein's website
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