An artist, educator and committed community activist, Susan Goldberg received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Purchase College, State University of New York and her Master of Arts in Dance from the University of Utah. For more than a decade, Susan was a dancer and choreographer for prestigious dance companies and theater groups throughout the United States. She also served as Professor of Dance and Laban Movement Analysis at Loyola Marymount University and as a Guest Professor of the same at UCLA, the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, California State University Long Beach and California Institute of the Arts.Susan’s dedication to fostering stronger human relations/cross-cultural dialogue has been equally impressive. She has served as a consultant to and the designer/facilitator of workshops for such organizations as the Anti-Defamation League, the American Friends Service Committee and The National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly The National Conference of Christians and Jews) and was Co-Director of the Human Relations Awareness Program for the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission.While a rabbinical student at the Academy for Jewish Religion California Susan served as the Student Rabbi now Acting Rabbi of Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock. Her tireless work in helping to revitalize Temple Beth Israel and nurture and grow a vibrant Eastside Jewish community has received justifiable accolades. In November 2010, the Los Angeles Times ran the article “New life for an old temple in Los Angeles” and in September 2011, the Jewish Journal published “Acting rabbi brings rebirth to 1920s shul.Rabbi Susan lives in Eagle Rock with her husband Brian and their three children.