Rabbi Yossi & Mrs. Goldie Grossbaum

           Rabbi Yossi was born and raised in a family of Chabad emissaries in the vibrant and friendly Jewish community of Melbourne, Australia. Growing up in the warm and giving environment of Chabad outreach profoundly affected his life goals and his vision for the future. He attended Yeshiva College (Melbourne) for his Elementary & High School education, and later continued his studies at the Educational Institute Oholei Torah in Brooklyn, NY. In 2001, he was chosen as a Yeshiva exchange student and sent for two years to Toronto, Canada. Upon completion of his studies in 2004, he received his Rabbinic Ordination from the Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva in New York.

           Ever the trail-blazer, Rabbi Yossi, was the founding director of the highly successful Student Outreach Organization of the Yeshiva Lubavitch in Toronto. More recently he was instrumental in the founding and original management of the nationally acclaimed JNet Chavrusa Program. In addition, he has visited many cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe to provide educational events and holiday programs benefiting small outlying Jewish communities.

            Goldie Grossbaum was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where she attended Beth Rivkah – the flagship Lubavitch girls’ school. Following high school, she spent two years attending Beth Rivkah Teachers Seminary and received her Diploma of Judaic Studies. 

            Goldie has extensive experience in the areas of children’s programming and education.  Throughout her high school years, she worked as a successful counselor and head counselor in California, Connecticut and Ohio. Ever since graduating seven years ago, she has successfully worked as a grade-level teacher at local community schools in Brooklyn, NY.

            Rabbi and Mrs. Grossbaum are the proud parents of Mendel, Zeesy, Levi and Zalman.