Cantor Jordan Goldstein (they/he) was ordained in May of 2023 by the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR. They care deeply about building community, weaving together traditions new and old, and dreaming big about the future of American Judaism. They are rarely found without a guitar nearby, and spend much of their free time playing, singing, and writing music.

Cantor Goldstein currently tours the country to support Jewish communities in developing young musical leaders, building bridges between cantorial and song leading worship styles, sharing new liturgical compositions and innovations, and teaching on the value of finding the holy and sacred in our diversity. They regularly work with teens at BBYO conventions and lead prayer as a guest artist in various synagogues in the northeast.

Previously, Cantor Goldstein served Congregation Beth Chaim of Princeton Junction, NJ as their cantor, where they ran a multigenerational choir, played monthly with their all-volunteer Rock Shabbat Band, restructured the synagogue’s social media and online communications, and many more clergy duties. They served as the cantorial intern at Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, NY while collaborating with many synagogues and communities in the New York City area as an educator, musical leader, activist, and aide for students with disabilities. He has songled at 4 different URJ camps, including being the Head Song Leader at URJ Jacobs Camp and URJ Eisner Camp. Some of his notable work includes having been a co-founder and director of the organization Kol HaChaverim (an online space for LGBTQIA+ Jews to gather and sing together during the pandemic), a co-founder of the interfaith choir Project Harmony, featured in the documentary "All God's Children,” and participating in the early organization and think tank of Yom HaTzedek and the Tzedek Box project.

Cantor Goldstein is a proud and outspoken member of the LGBTQIA+ community, being both bisexual and non-binary. At their ordination, they became the first out trans or non-binary person ordained as a cantor, alongside fellow trailblazers Cantor Ze'evi Tovlev and Cantor Kalix Jacobson. They currently live in Brooklyn, NY with their bunny (named II Samuel, after the book of Prophets), while recording their first EP.