Rabbi Goldstein, PhD was the Director of Chaplaincy at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA where he was instrumental in founding the National Association of Jewish Chaplains, of which he is a former President. He later moved to Florida, served as the community Chaplain of the Jewish Family Service of Palm Beach County, and as visiting Professor of Philosophy at Palm Beach State College. Rabbi Goldstein is the author of Suicide in Rabbinical Literature and has written articles for Hadorom, published by the Rabbinical Council of America.