An inspiring ba’al tefillah (prayer leader), rabbi and composer of Jewish sacred music, Yosef Goldman is a leading facilitator, consultant, and educator of Jewish communal prayer and song. He weaves ancient devotional music from his Mizrahi and Ashkenazi heritage alongside contemporary American and Israeli Jewish sacred music to foster healing, connection, and social change. His original compositions are sung in synagogues, schools, and camps across North America and Israel. Yosef has collaborated on over a dozen albums with a diverse array of voices in the world of Jewish music in the US and Israel, including recording two albums of his original spiritual music. Yosef earned a masters in sacred music degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary and rabbinic ordination with a concentration in pastoral care and counseling. Yosef has served as a chaplain resident at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and Rabbi and Director of Sacred Music at Philly’s Beth Zion-Beth Israel congregation, and he is a founding faculty member and Senior Advisor for Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. Most recently, Yosef co-led Shaare Torah, a Conservative congregation in Montgomery County, Maryland, with his wife, Rabbi Annie Lewis with whom he has two children, Zohar and Shir.
Yosef Yeish Goldman
