Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer

Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer is the author of five books of contemporary midrashim – Texting with Angels, Torah Told Different, Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud, Deathless, and Queering the Text. Ordained a maggid in 2012, he belongs to Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco, in whose siddur many of his prayers and blessings can be found. In Ever After, he extended the lives of 11 famous authors, and the final story, about Franz Kafka, not only changes his life – but also changes history. In his newest book, Tales of an Urban Mystic: A Spiraling Memoir, he tells the transformational stories of his life, beginning in the womb, remembering past lives as a little boy, and his later encounters with dead grandparents, angels, and with the Creator. While he still writes as Andrew, since he turned 70 he goes by the name Eli. For more information on his work: andrewramer.com