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Heart & Hand Book Talk with Steve Leder

Join Rabbi Steve Leder, author of The Beauty of What Remains and For You When I Am Gone, and LA County Librarian Skye Patrick as they discuss navigating life’s biggest challenges with wisdom, compassion, and hope.

Steve Leder, Rabbi Emeritus with the Wilshire Boulevard Temple and author of several books, including The Beauty of What Remains and For You When I’m Gone, has spent decades guiding his community through joy, hardship, and all the changes we face in life. He joins us to talk about finding beauty and hope in the face of those changes and challenges – be they inside our families, out in our communities, or a part of the wider world.  

Steve is the Rabbi Emeritus of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, where he has served for over two decades. He is a recognized leader, writer, and speaker whose work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, TIME, The Today Show, NPR, and CNN. With his heartfelt reflections on faith, love, and personal growth, he continues to inspire readers and audiences worldwide. Newsweek Magazine twice named him one of the ten most influential rabbis in America but most important to Steve is being Betsy’s husband and Aaron and Hannah’s dad.

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