The JOY of LIVING

Rabbi Steve Leder on Finding Purpose, Joy, and Meaning

The JOY of LIVING

Show Notes

Struggling to find purpose in your roots? Rabbi Steve Leder shares how a junkyard childhood and family dysfunction shaped a life of meaning and joy. Visit barryshore.com to get your free copy of my eBook, The Joy of Living: You Deserve It.

00:00 - Welcome and Barry's Story of Resilience 03:30 - Introducing Rabbi Steve Leder 07:00 - Growing Up Jewish in Minneapolis, Minnesota 13:00 - Leader Brothers Junkyard and Blue-Collar Family Roots 19:00 - The Greek Tragedy of Two Brothers and a Rivalry 25:00 - Choosing the Rabbinate Over the Family Business 31:00 - Landing at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles 37:00 - Mentorship, Marriage, and the First Years as a Rabbi 43:00 - Creativity, Ambition, and Culture Then and Now

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