Radical Loving

RABBI WAYNE DOSICK, Ph.D., D.D., is an educator, writer, and spiritual guide who teaches and counsels about faith, ethical values, life transformations, and evolving human consciousness.

Well-known for his quality scholarship and sacred spirit, he is the rabbi of The Elijah Minyan, a retired visiting professor at the University of San Diego, and the host of the monthly Internet radio program, SpiritTalk Live! heard on HealthyLife.net.

He is the award-winning author of nine critically acclaimed books, including the now-classic Living Judaism, Golden Rules, The Business Bible, When Life Hurts, 20 Minute Kabbalah, Soul Judaism, The Best is Yet To Be, Empowering Your Indigo Child, and, most recently, The Real Name of God: Embracing the Full Essence of the Divine.

As a Contributing Editor of the (late) San Diego Jewish Times, he has written more than 400 articles of religious, political, and social commentary.

He has spoken and conducted seminars, workshops, and has been scholar-in-residence at more than 200 bookstores, synagogues, churches, schools, universities and seminaries, hospitals and health care facilities, businesses and corporations, and community organizations throughout the country.

Articles about Dr. Dosick and his books have appeared in more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, and he has been interviewed on more than 300 radio and television shows, including “Good Morning America,” the Larry King Show, CNN, and NPR. Rabbi Dosick has been awarded honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from both the Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Theological Seminary in recognition of his many years of innovative, creative, and sacred service. He has been called a “rational intellect with the soul of a mystic,” and he has been described as “one of the most gifted teachers of our generation, who understands the mindset, needs, and yearnings of people, and responds to this intellectual and inner searching in peerless fashion,” In response to his latest book, The Real Name of God, he has been proclaimed “a spiritual master of our time.”

“Rabbi Dosick has written more theological books than this one, but none wiser or more courageous. While his idiom here is Jewish, my liberal Catholic heart is cheering.” —Jon M. Sweeney, coauthor, Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart, and translator, Francis of Assisi in His Own Words

"In fractious times in a fractured world, Rabbi Wayne Dosick’s book arrives as a much needed healing balm and a call to remember the essential truth at the foundation of life—we are one. Through poetic writing, rich spiritual insights, uplifting quotations and stories that awaken and illumine, our experiences of contemporary life are balanced and transformed. We are elevated above the fray and set on the higher ground of living with love, openness, compassion and caring. I am a better person for reading this book!” —Rev. Dr. Kathy Hearn, Dean, The School of Spiritual Leadership, Encinitas, CA; former national president, Centers for Spiritual Living

“Our precious children have come to Earth to be the paradigm-shifters who lead us to a more perfect world. Rabbi Wayne Dosick’s Radical Loving is the visionary and inspiring book that guides our children and us to grasp hands and hearts in dynamic love to bring peace and harmony to our planet.” —Jan Tober and Dr. Lee Carroll, World Teachers and authors of The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, and the Kryon series

“Radical Loving is a gem! It is not just a book about love—it is a book written from love. It is a prose-poem to God and to all us; a tapestry that weaves together all spiritual traditions to celebrate the oneness of God, of our world, and of all people. With tales, parables, anecdotes, recollections, keen insights, and wisdom teachings, Rabbi Dosick gives us the profound vision of a spiritual awakening that speaks directly to the heart of every reader and gives us hope.” —Rabbi David Zaslow, author, Jesus: First Century Rabbi, and Reimagining Exodus

“With Radical Loving, Rabbi Wayne Dosick joins the ranks of great thinkers and feelers who, with the audacity of radical chutzpah, offers a recipe for fixing the world. It arrives just in time. Our fractured, coarsened, and depleted planet is in desperate need of the unification and relief that can only come from reclaimed love. A fusion of theology, manifesto, and spiritual memoir, packaged within the poetry of an entertaining read, this is a book that may change minds and will most certainly touch the heart.” —Thane Rosenbaum, author, How Sweet It Is!, The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible

“I am honored that my soul-brother, Rabbi Wayne Dosick, chronicles our spiritual friendship in this extraordinary book, Radical Loving. I pray that millions of people around the world will be inspired by the good rabbi’s wise and wonderful teachings, and come to understand that we are all children of the One God, and that our collective fate and future depends on embracing each other in unity and love. In the Name of God and all that is holy, please read this book!” —The Rev. Fr. James J. O’Leary, S.J., Spiritual Director, Marquette University

“Rabbi Wayne Dosick, deeply grounded in sacred literature, offers profound insights in a manner accessible to people of all backgrounds. Radical Loving is a veritable GPS to an expanded inner life. Drawing on the wisdom of traditions of the past, this rabbi-sage applies them forcefully to the challenges of the present, and illuminates the path to a just and peaceful future. This is a compendium of spiritual knowledge that the reader will return to many times for inspiration and guidance.” —Rabbi Leah Novick, author, On the Wings of Shekhinah: Re-Discovering Judaism’s Divine Feminine

“Reading Radical Loving reminds me of who I Am at my best! It gives me great hope, and it inspires me to want to do good, to want to be a better person.” —Annie Klein, Age-ing to Sage-ing

“In the hell of Auschwitz, even at the tender age of fifteen, I decided that I would not be a victim, but, rather, a triumphant survivor. What was around me did not matter anywhere near as much as what was inside me, so I fully covered myself in love. Now, this precious child of spirit, Rabbi Wayne Dosick, offers this same prescription to our troubled world. Do not separate yourself from the human family. Do not hate. Love. Love. Love. Please read this wise and inspiring book right now, and love, love, love with all your heart.” —Dr. Edith Eva Eger, author, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

“Radical Loving by our dear spiritual elder Rabbi Wayne Dosick comes at the right time in our lives. Dedicated to my teacher and mentor Elie Wiesel, of blessed memory, it helps bring us to a holy place where we can try to bring more light into our fractured world. Elie Wiesel taught us that we should try to see more humanity in each other’s eyes. This book helps us to see more clearly through a lens of love and compassion.” —Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray, Founder, The Women Cantor’s Network; author, Katchko: Three Generations of Cantorial Art

“This beautifully written call to love is more than an invitation; it is a lantern in the night. Rabbi Wayne Dosick lives the wisdom he offers us here. I have rarely met a person with such consistent generosity of spirit, willing to take the risk of loving at all costs, as this gentle master of the human heart. This book reminds us that we belong to each other—all of us—and that this belonging is our salvation.” —Mirabai Starr, author, God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of Women Mystics

“In Radical Loving: One God. One World. One People, Rabbi Wayne Dosick shares from a deep wellspring of Jewish tradition, life-experience, and personal questing. This book is a kaleidoscope of musings and deep teachings, and a weave of bringing knowledge from a multiple of sources into a wholeness that will astound and delight the reader. Through his sharing and questioning, we as readers, are invited to reflect on our own individual path. The result is a book that is very personal and, at the same time, trans-personal, and sorely needed throughout the whole world at this pivotal time.” —Rabbi Lynn Claire Feinberg, Chief Liberal Rabbi of Norway

“There is no other book like Radical Loving. It is written in one, long, holy breath. It is a teaching about love. A plea and a prayer for unity and peace. It is like a wedding ceremony between humans and the Divine. It is a poem about life and the beauty of the human heart. It is an invitation to give, serve, bond, honor, laugh, forgive, listen, learn, and enjoy the smorgasbord of the created universe. Rabbi Dosick is a prophet for modern times, and his prophecy is a four-letter word: love.” —Judith Fein, author, How to Communicate with the Dead, Life is a Trip, and The Spoon from Minkowitz

“Rabbi Wayne Dosick asks the oldest but most urgent questions, and recasts our oldest wisdom to speak answers to today. We need radical loving to make the crises we are living thought now bearable.” —Rodger Kamenetz, author of The Jew in the Lotus and The History of Last Night’s Dream

“In the Vedic tradition of Sanatan Dharma everything in creation is One. Namaste is the Sanskrit word expressing that. Through his writing, Rabbi Wayne Dosick eloquently awakens this feeling and understanding. Every cell in the body can become more enlivened with Divine energy by reading Radical Loving. Many parts brought tears to my eyes to hear these truths so beautifully expressed. I appreciate this sage Rabbi because he went into deepness to bring this message out, and writes these kind of thoughts. He knows how Lord made this world. And he gives practical ways to learn and embody what it means to be a good human being. We can all be inspired by the power of these words. Namaste.” —Pandit Shiv Mohan Trivedi, Maharishi Vedic Pandit, Agra, India

“Don’t be fooled by Rabbi Dosick’s deceptively simple writing! His beautiful prose is lilting and playful, but his message is radical and deep. Beware: if taken to heart, this is a book that will change your life!” —Rabbi Tizrah Firesteone, Ph.D., author, Wounds Into Widsom

“Radical Loving is a song from the heart of creation, written in an inspired and inspiring language that awakens the reader. Dedicated to Elie Wiesel, this book elaborates on his commitments to humanity, to storytelling, and to hope. Rabbi Dr. Wayne Dosick offers profound teachings and tales to remind us that we are not alone, that we can create new realities, and that our human future depends on reclaiming the intangible, the ineffable: love.” —Rabbi Ariel Burger, Ph.D., author Witness: Lessons From Ellie Wiesel’s Classroom

Rabbi Wayne Dosick interview in Spirituality & Health