Rabbi Rami Shapiro 2

Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award–winning author of over thirty-six books on religion and
spirituality, including Holy Rascals – Advice for Spiritual Revolutionaries, Recovery—the Sacred
Art, and his latest, The Tao of Solomon: Unlocking the Perennial Wisdom of Ecclesiastes.
A “Jewish practitioner of Perennial Wisdom,” he received rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew
Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and holds a Ph.D. in religion from Union Graduate
School. A rabbinic chaplain with the USAF for three years, a congregational rabbi for twenty,
and a professor of religious studies for ten, Rabbi Rami currently co-directs the One River
Foundation, writes the Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler column for Spirituality and
Health magazine, and hosts the magazine’s weekly radio show, Essential Conversations with
Rabbi Rami. We spoke mainly about The Tao of Solomon and Rami’s unconventional take on
Ecclesiastes. Learn more about Rabbi Rami here.