Deborah Rood Goldman

Deborah Rood Goldman (she/her) is a longtime member of the Garden City Jewish Center in Garden City, N.Y. and the congregation’s past president. A native New Yorker, Deborah grew up on Long Island and holds a bachelor’s degree in American civilization from Brown University, as well as a master’s degree in library science from Queens College. She is a former digital communications producer on the Union for Reform Judaism.

Two wooden mailboxes covered in snow

Thanks, but I’ll Pass on the Santa Stamps

Deborah Rood Goldman

In earlier days, I might have avoided any fuss and simply hurried out – but on that fifth day of Hanukkah, Santa stamps in hand, I headed to customer service.