Steve Leder

Steve Leder is the Senior Rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a significant synagogue in Los Angeles with three campuses and a community of 2,700 families. He is a New York Times bestselling author with notable works including "The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things," "More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul," "More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us," and "The Beauty of What Remains." His book "For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story" is both a New York Times and LA Times bestseller and has been translated into Taiwanese and Portuguese.

Leder regularly appears on "The Today Show," "CBS Sunday Morning," "CNN," and "NPR," and has a segment on Spectrum 1 News Los Angeles titled "Wisdom Wednesdays With Rabbi Steve Leder." His writings are featured in TIME, USA Today, Woman’s Day Magazine, and the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. His Torah commentaries reached over 50,000 readers weekly. Additionally, Leder serves as a creative consultant for the Netflix series "Shiksa," which is produced by Steve Levitan and written and produced by Erin Foster.

Moreover, Leder is a distinguished speaker who has earned several accolades, including the Louis Rappaport Award for Excellence in Commentary from the American Jewish Press Association and the Kovler Award from the Religious Action Center in Washington D.C. for his contributions to Black/Jewish dialogue. He has presented twice at the Aspen Ideas Festival and his insightful sermon on capital punishment was featured in a notable episode of "The West Wing." Moreover, Newsweek Magazine twice named him one of the ten most influential rabbis in America, highlighting his significant impact on religious and cultural dialogues.