Rabbi Yossie Goldman is a pioneer in international Jewish education. Born in Tel Aviv and raised in the United States, after graduating from the Jewish Theological Seminary, he served as the spiritual leader of the Mosaic Law Congregation in Sacramento, California.

Upon making aliyah to Israel in 1985, he was appointed Director of Summer and Special Academic programs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and later the director of Hillel at Hebrew University. He soon went on to become the overall director of Hillel Israel, establishing eight Hillels across the country. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he founded 27 Hillels across the Former Soviet Union. As director of Global Expansion for Hillel International, he went on to establish Hillels in Germany, Poland, Hungary and France. He and his wife, Judy, live in Jerusalem. They have four married children and nine grandchildren, all of whom live in Israel.