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Joshua M. Greene (Yogesvara das) received first initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1970 and second initiation in 1972. During thirteen years in ISKCON, he served as president of several temples, head of ISKCON’s French publishing office, editor of Back to Godhead magazine, and founder of Bala Books children’s publishing. Currently, he serves on the board of the Bhaktivedanta Institute and as mediator for ISKCON Resolve.

Yogesvara earned his Masters Degree in Religious Studies at Hofstra University, where he taught Holocaust Studies from 2003-2013. He has been a featured speaker on war crimes at the Pentagon and the Judge Advocates College and was featured in the New York Public Library Distinguished Authors series. He is also a documentary filmmaker whose films about Holocaust history are seen on PBS and Discovery. His biographies of Holocaust survivors have sold more than a half-million copies. His current bestseller, Signs of Survival (Scholastic) has been optioned by Steven Spielberg’s company Amblin Entertainment for adaptation as a TV miniseries.

His devotional writings include Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison; Gita Wisdom: An Introduction to India’s Essential Yoga Text; and Swami in a Strange Land, an ISKCON-authorized biography of Srila Prabhupada. He is currently working on a biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.