The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Amy Katz

Amy Katz is the associate director of PEJE, the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education. Previously she served as the founding executive director of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute, and as director of Leadership Development and Community Education at the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston. Katz holds an MSW from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

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Rebecca Fischel Goldstein

The quintessential rebbetzin [rabbi’s wife], Rebecca Fischel Goldstein was a prime mover in her husband’s drive to build the Institutional Synagogue and make it a center of Jewish life in Harlem. As a consummate volunteer leader, she strove to make women a dominant force in organized Jewish life.