Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Rachael Goldman z”l

Baruch Dayan HaEmet – Rachael Goldman z”l

Rachael Goldman, wife of Bob Goldman and sister-in-law of Bonai Shalom member and friend Michelle Goldman, passed away this morning, August 25, 2025 in the Denver Hospice.  She was 57. Rachael is survived by her husband, Robert “Bob”, her children, Samuel, Talya, and Rami, and her mother, Adrienne Young. 
See Rachael’s obituary here.

Funeral
There will be a graveside funeral on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1pm
Mt. Nebo Cemetery
11701 E. 13th Ave.
Aurora, Colorado, United States

Shiva & Condolence Calls
Shiva will be at the home of Bob Goldman,  2131 South Alton Way, Denver, 80231
Tuesday 8/26, Wednesday 8/27, and Thursday 8/28 from 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM, with minyan each night at 7:00 PM.  (Rabbi Marc will be leading Tuesday’s minyan)

Hamakom y’nachem – our blessings of strength and comfort to all the family.
A blessing on Rachael’s neshama.

Rabbi Marc

About Rabbi Marc Soloway

Marc is a native of London, England where he was an actor and practitioner of complimentary medicine before training as a rabbi in London, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. He was ordained at the Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies at the American Jewish University in 2004 and has been the the spiritual leader at Bonai Shalom in Boulder ever since. Marc was a close student of Rabbi Zalman Schechter Shalomi and received an additional smicha (rabbinic ordination) from him in 2014, just two months before he died. He has been the host and narrator of two documentary films shown on PBS; A Fire in the Forest: In Search of the Baal Shem Tov and Treasure under the Bridge: Pilgrimage to the Hasidic Masters of Ukraine. Marc is a graduate of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, a fellow of Rabbis Without Borders, has traveled to Ghana in a rabbinic delegation with American Jewish World Service and co-chair of the Rabbinical Council and national board member of Hazon, which strives to create more sustainable Jewish communities. In 2015, Marc was among a group of 12 faith leaders honored at The White House as “Champions of Change” for work on the climate. Marc is a proud member of Beit Izim, Boulder’s Jewish goat milking co-op.