Cantor Sherwood Goffin

Founding Principal

Cantor Goffin began his years of service with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, founding Rabbi of LSS, in 1965. During this time, he has created a unique LSS musical atmosphere, that blends the best of contemporary and traditional Jewish melodies, into a service that is true to the time-honored musical chant that is the essence of the centuries-old synagogue tradition.

Honored with "Cantor for Life" tenure in 1986, Cantor Goffin has been the first and only Principal of the LSS Feldman Hebrew School since 1965, and gives various LSS Adult Education classes in the evening, as well as a full program of Bar and Bat Mitzvah training.

Cantor Goffin is a faculty member of the Belz School of Jewish Music at Yeshiva University, where he teaches college-level classes in Jewish Liturgy and folk music. In this position he teaches a new generation of young cantors/Baalei Tefilla who will carry on the tradition he loves deeply and to which he is dedicated. He is the Honorary President of the Cantorial Council of America, the only Orthodox organization of cantors in the world, an affiliation of Yeshiva University .

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Sivan Greenspan

Educational Director

Sivan is highly qualified as an educator by virtue of her Master of Science in Education earned at the prestigious Bank Street Graduate School of Education in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, and her Baccalaureate studies at the Neve Yerushalayim Seminary in Jerusalem and at Stern College of Yeshiva University.

At Bank Street she wrote and published a children’s book entitled “Welcome to Israel.” After eight years of teaching experience in New York City public and private schools, Sivan came to the Feldman School in 2006 from the Beit Rabban Day School where she was the Head Teacher for the Primary Division, and quickly established herself as a model teacher for our school.

She is a dynamic, enthusiastic and committed educator with an innate quality to understand and motivate a wide range of students of various ages. Exceptionally creative with proven organizational, planning, and organizational skills, Sivan is known for her ability to create exciting and enriching classroom environments in which students are motivated to achieve and develop into independent learners.

As a mother and a wife, Sivan knows well and understands what is necessary to mold a child into the knowledgeable and proud Jewish citizen of tomorrow. With Sivan at the helm, our school will continue to teach and inspire each child that comes through our doors today, as well as in the future in our new building that will be completed in 2012.

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Ruth Reimer

School Psychologist, Consultant

Ruth is a former Chief Psychologist for the Valley Stream, L.I. Public School system with 25 years of teaching experience. She has created a program of educational activities here at The Feldman School that is both inspiring and informative. However, her most effective expertise is in her ability to relate to our students and their parents. Ruth is always there for them, and is loved and respected by young and old.

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