Earth-rooted ritualist, mentor, Founder Wilderness Torah & Makom Shalom

Levite 2014-2015

Rabbi Zelig Golden is an earth-rooted rabbi, ritualist, and cultural mentor devoted to revitalizing Jewish tradition. He founded Wilderness Torah to awaken earth-based Judaism, Brit Adam to awaken Jewish men’s adulthood initiation rites, and Makom Shalom, a forest synagogue in West Sonoma County to cultivates spiritual connection, healing, and resilience community through Jewish wisdom, nature, and ceremony.

Check out what I'm up to with Jewish men's initiation at Brit Adam, our new synagogue Makom Shalom, and my personal rabbinic practice Regenerative Rabbinics


One thing I learned from Nava Tehila:

The Power of Circlar Prayer & Creating a Field Before Community Enters

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