Chanukah Extravaganzukah

Rachel Arcus Goldberg is Director of the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at 92NY, where she leads innovative Jewish learning, community engagement, and educational programming.

A lifelong Jewish educator and educational leader, Rachel previously served as Head of School and Principal at Columbus Jewish Day School in Ohio. Before that, she spent a decade at Gann Academy in Boston, where she held leadership roles including Director of Experiential Education, Associate Dean of Students, and Freshman Class Dean.

Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Brandeis University, a Master of Social Work from Columbia University, and master's degrees in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. In addition to her leadership, she enjoys teaching, reading, dancing, and spending time with her family.

Ruth Goodman, Director of the Israeli Dance Institute, succeeded Fred Berk as Director of 92NY’s Jewish/Israeli Dance Division and Director of the Israel Folk Dance Festival. For more than 40 years, together with Danny Uziel, she has led 92NY’s internationally recognized Wednesday night Israeli Folk Dance Session. She is the founder and director of the Parparim Ensemble of Israeli Dance and Song, is an editor of Rokdim-Nirkoda magazine, a bilingual Hebrew/English publication and an author of the article, “Israeli Folk Dance Pioneers in North America,” published in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Ms. Goodman has served as consultant to Broadway choreographers Danny Daniels, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Patricia Birch and is on the faculty of the American Academy of Ballet Summer School. For the video “Night on the Sea of Galilee” filmed in Israel, she wrote the narration and presents the background and development of Israeli folk dance. Ms. Goodman conducts dance programs and workshops for teachers, children and adults throughout the Americas and has participated in numerous tours to Israel where she has performed and directed Israeli music and dance. Ruth Goodman holds a Master of Arts degree in Dance Education from Columbia University Teachers College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from City College of New York.