Chica­go Jew­ish News places Rab­bi Dou­glas Gold­hamer among ​‘Ten Out­stand­ing Jew­ish Lead­ers in Chica­go.” He helped found Chicago’s Con­gre­ga­tion Bene Shalom, teach­es as a pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish Mys­ti­cism and pres­i­dent of Hebrew Sem­i­nary, and co-authored This is for Every­one: Uni­ver­sal Prin­ci­ples of Heal­ing and the Jew­ish Mystics.