Background
Winkler was born in Denmark in 1949.
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Gershon Winkler
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He was ordained as a rabbi by the late Kabbalistic Master Rabbi Eleizer Bentsion Bruk of Novhordok (Russia) in Jerusalem. He has received media recognition, including a front page feature in the Wall Street Journal, a segment on the Public Broadcasting Service series Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and detailed coverage in Israel’s Ha’aretz, Chayyim Acherim Magazine, and The Jerusalem Post. In 1997, he founded the Walkingstick Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of indigenous Jewish spirituality — currently headquartered in Southern California.
Gershon Winkler is author of more than 14 books, most notable being:
Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law and Lore (Jason Aronson)
The Soul of the Matter: A Jewish-Kabbalistic Perspective on the Human Soul Before, During, and After Life (Judaica Press)
Travels with the Evil Inclination: A Rabble-rousing Renegade Rabbi"s Story (North Atlantic Books)
The Judeo-Christian Fiction (self-published Lulucom)
The Golem of Prague: A New Adaptation of the Documented Stories of the Golem of Prague (Judaica Press)
Secret of Sambatyon (Judaica Youth Series, Judaica Press)
The Sacred Stones: The Return of the Golem (Judaica Press).
Membership
Winkler is a member of the Association of Independent Rabbis, and the World Spirituality Council along with Deepak Chopra and others
