Yosef Goldman

Rabbi and Director of Sacred Music

Name variants:
Yosef Goldman

If it is your profile

Claim it

You may know Yosef Goldman

Make recommendation

Contact Information

Last Update
Jul 7, 2022
Email
yo**@gmail.com
Location
New York, NY

Workplace

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern

New York, NY

Industry

Religious Institutions

Work History

Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern

The CBST Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Internship Program brings two students to CBST each academic year. Interns work directly under the supervision of the Rabbis, supporting CBSTâÂÂ...
from Sep 2010

Rabbinic Intern

Jerusalem Open House of Pride and Tolerance; Organize and head the first-ever interdenominational gay/straight rabbinical student alliance; organize Jewish and religious programs for the loc...
Oct 2009 — May 2010

Prayer Co-Facilitator/Singer/Percussionist/“Levite”

Co-lead monthly Kabbalat Shabbat in an emerging Jewish Renewal prayer and study community in Jerusalem.
Oct 2009 — May 2010

High Holy Days Prayer Co-Leader/ Musical Co-Director

Co-led Yom Kippur services, co-directed musical ensemble for an unaffiliated liberal, independent, urban spiritual community in Tel Aviv.
Oct 2009 — Oct 2009

Rabbinic Intern

Led Shabbat morning services, delivered sermon and led a contemplative Torah service at a Jewish Renewal congregation/meditation center.
Jul 2009 — Jul 2009

Cantorial Intern

Co-led High Holiday and Shabbat services; played percussion in ensemble; taught Torah reading and liturgy to bar/bat mitzvah and adult students; co-taught a course on liturgical music; arran...
Jun 2008 — Jun 2009

Musical Shabbat Service & Family Service Co-Leader/Percussionist

Co-created and co-led a monthly musical service and a monthly family service at a Reform synagogue.
Sep 2007 — Jun 2008

Youth Service Leader/Hebrew School Instructor

Taught a K-2nd grade class. Led a song-filled, contemplative youth Shabbat service for children age 6 and up at a Reconstructionist synagogue.
Sep 2007 — Jun 2008

High Holy Day & Shabbat Family Service Leader

Conducted monthly Shabbat services at a Conservative synagogue-one for children in first grade and younger and another for second- through fifth-graders. Led a bimonthly Shabbat afternoon fo...
May 2007 — Jun 2008

Co-Prayer Leader/Percussionist/Gabbai

Served as a musician, co-prayer leader and founding member of Manhattan’s Jewish Renewal congregation.
May 2006 — Jul 2007

High Holy Days Cantor/Rabbi/Ba’al Keriah/Ba’al Toke’a

Led Rosh Hashanah services, delivered sermons, read Torah, blew shofar at a modern Orthodox congregation.
Sep 2005 — Sep 2005

Assistant Retreat Manager

Responsible for supporting the needs of all teachers, and the physical needs of retreatants; led prayers and meditation, taught classes on Shabbat and prayer to interns; led Shabbat prayers ...
Jun 2005 — Aug 2005

Founder/ Coodrinator

Created and co-led an experimental, pluralistic independent minyan that provided an open space for community and spiritual growth through Shabbat services, community events, and social justi...
Sep 2004 — Jun 2005

Educator

Wrote and implemented curricula for 3rd -6th graders. Wrote curricula for and taught an elective class for 8th grade children on the Shabbat experience- utilizing meditation, biblical text, ...
Jun 2004 — Aug 2004

Head Teacher

Taught mathematics, reading, social studies and science to 5th grade students in a school for Bukharan Jews.
Sep 2003 — Jun 2004

Special Education Itinerant Teacher

Worked with a ten year-old as his shadow teacher in a modern Orthodox day school
Mar 2003 — Jun 2003

Student Teacher

Taught 5th grade Mishnah & Halakhah class in a modern Orthodox day school. Taught berachot and basic mindfulness skills, and the weekly parshah to 3rd and 4th graders.
Jan 2002 — Jun 2002

Student Teacher

Sep 2001 — Jan 2002

Regional Coordinator

Planned & led Shabbatonim for yeshiva high school students and developmentally disabled young adults. Responsible for all advisors and Yachad members on Shabbatonim- in all, over 100 tee...
Sep 2000 — Jun 2001

Occupations

Rabbi
Executive
Director
Apprentice
Doctor
Psychologist
Clergy
Operations Manager
Student Worker
Psychology Specialist

Skills

Meditation
Teaching
Singing
Percussion
Social Action
Pastoral Care
Spiritual Direction
Community Organizing
Music
Leadership
Religion
Bible
Jewish Education
Liturgy
Hebrew
Social Justice
Interfaith
Chaplaincy
Preaching
Pastoral Counseling
Religious Studies
Choral
Informal Education
Community Building
Adult Education
Adolescents
Community Outreach
Login