James Stone Goodman

James Stone Goodman (Hebrew Union College '81) serves as a Rabbi in St. Louis, Missouri. He performs with several musical groups, and with his wife Rabbi Susan Talve, creates original materials based on traditional themes, integrating story and music in a performance art form.

He is a writer and a musician, playing guitar, oud, percussion and other instruments of the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to rabbinical training, he has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

He has published four books to date of poetry and prose, and has recorded 15 collections of poetry, sacred story, and music.

Rabbi Goodman's special field of expertise is the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, on which he writes and lectures widely.