[3][4] Born in Vancouver, Canada, to Israeli parents, Goldstein was raised in Israel when her family made aliyah.
[8] A natural athlete, at 17 years of age Goldstein won the 1989 World Bantamweight Kickboxing Championship.
[13][3][14] Goldstein wrote a book about her life entitled No Limits; The Powerful True Story of Leah Goldstein-World Champion Kickboxer, Ultra Endurance Cyclist, Israeli Undercover Police Officer (2016).
[15] In February 2024, Goldstein became the topic of controversy when she was removed from her spot as keynote speaker at an Ottawa International Women’s Day event, after she had accepted an invitation, as a result of her time in the IDF.
I thought that’s what women were supposed to do for each other – listen and support!”[16] Deborah Lyons, Canada’s former ambassador to Israel and the Liberal-appointed special envoy on Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism, called it “just another example of the erasure and silencing of Jews going on across Canada and around the world.