Chanukah Extravaganzukah / Rebecca Schoffer and Live Band, Rachel Arcus-Goldberg, Parparim Dancers - The 92nd Street Y, New York
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92NY Bronfman Center for Jewish Life

Chanukah Extravaganzukah

Rebecca Schoffer and Live Band, Rachel Arcus-Goldberg, Parparim Dancers
Chanukah Extravaganzukah

NYC families: Get ready for a Chanukah concert and party like never before!

We’ll be kicking of the festivities with a rocking interactive family concert, led by Rebecca Schoffer and a live band. Then, we’ll party! Our Extravaganzukah continues with a coffee cart, face painting, juggling, games, latkes, sufganiot (donuts), and more! Chanukah robots and dancing dreidels will take the stage for act 2 of our performance, featuring renowned Israeli Dance Troupe “Parparim!” Brighten up the winter doldrums and light the way for a Chanukah to remember with the 92NY community!

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Instructors

Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca Schoffer is the Director of Jewish Family Life and the leader of the Shababa community at The 92nd Street Y, New York. She is a musical and experiential Jewish educator, a singer songwriter, cantorial soloist and a playwright of Jewish family theater. Rebecca is a recent recipient of the 2019 Young Pioneers Award from The Jewish Education Project, which celebrates forward thinking innovative educators.

Before her 92NY days, Rebecca worked at the Atlantic Theater Company, where she also taught children’s theater classes and performed in theater for young audiences. Sh ...

Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca Schoffer is the Director of Jewish Family Life and the leader of the Shababa community at The 92nd Street Y, New York. She is a musical and experiential Jewish educator, a singer songwriter, cantorial soloist and a playwright of Jewish family theater. Rebecca is a recent recipient of the 2019 Young Pioneers Award from The Jewish Education Project, which celebrates forward thinking innovative educators.

Before her 92NY days, Rebecca worked at the Atlantic Theater Company, where she also taught children’s theater classes and performed in theater for young audiences. She is a alumna of Tufts University and the Atlantic Acting Conservatory. Rebecca brings her background in theater, acting, music and improvisation to her work, creating spaces where hundreds of kids, parents, caretakers and grandparents come together every week to celebrate Jewish life through music, movement and play!

In addition to her weekly Shabbat celebrations, Rebecca also leads 92NY’s Family High Holiday services, baby naming ceremonies, holiday & Shabbat dinners, concerts and many other joyful Jewish celebrations for families. She sings as a cantorial soloist during the 92NY High Holiday season. As a songwriter, Rebecca weaves psalms, prayers and Jewish concepts into contemporary melodies. Her album Shababa of the Heart recorded in collaboration with Karina Zilberman and Toby Singer in 2015, is available on iTunes and Spotify. You can also check out Shababa concerts on 92NY On Demand and YouTube and sing along at home!

Rebecca is a theater director and playwright of family musicals, including Bagels from Benny the Musical and Sammy Spider’s First Mitzvah the Musical! co-written with Joel Esher and based on the beloved PJ Library books by Aubrey Davis and Sylvia Rouss.

Born and raised in Margate, NJ, Rebecca now lives in New York City with her husband Jonathan and son, Sam.

Rachel Arcus-Goldberg

Rachel Arcus-Goldberg

Rachel Arcus-Goldberg is the Director, Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at 92NY. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Brandeis University, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and Master’s Degrees in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rachel held the positions of Head of School and Principal at the Columbus Jewish Day School in Ohio. Prior to this, Rachel worked as an educational leader and administrator at Gann Academy in Boston for ten years, where she held positions as the Director of Experiential Ed ...

Rachel Arcus-Goldberg

Rachel Arcus-Goldberg

Rachel Arcus-Goldberg is the Director, Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at 92NY. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Brandeis University, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and Master’s Degrees in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rachel held the positions of Head of School and Principal at the Columbus Jewish Day School in Ohio. Prior to this, Rachel worked as an educational leader and administrator at Gann Academy in Boston for ten years, where she held positions as the Director of Experiential Education, Associate Dean of Students, and Freshman Class Dean. In addition to leadership positions, Rachel enjoys teaching, reading, dancing and spending time with her family”

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Chanukah Extravaganzukah


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