Robert Goldberg is a Past Board Chair of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and currently is the Chairman of the United Jewish Communities. This national organization of 154 Federations throughout the United States and Canada has the largest grassroots reach and is committed to Israel and improving the quality of life for all Israelis. The United Jewish Communities promotes the strategies and political assets provided by the American Jewish Community and underscores the value and the unique bond of Jewish peoplehood throughout the world.

He is the founder of The Agnon School, a Jewish day school in Cleveland, and a trustee of the Mount Sinai Health Care Foundation as well as the Siegal College of Jewish Studies. He also serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel, a board member of the Hillel International, and a member of the Steering committee of the World Jewish Forum sponsored by the President of Israel, Moshe Katsav. He is a supporter of numerous organizations including AIPAC. Bobby is a supporter and advisor to Nefesh B’nefesh, which brings aliyah from North America. He is Chairman of the task force at the Jewish Agency for the Negev and Galilee. He has been instrumental in the development of programs between Cleveland and the IDF base Havat Ha’shomer in Galilee. Bobby has had a home in Israel since 1969 and was recently given Honorary Citizenship of Beit Shean.

In Bobby Goldberg’s other world, he has been President of Ohio Savings Bank, a $16 billion financial institution, since 1971 and active in many Cleveland initiatives and organizations. He has been a guest lecturer at the Weatherhead School of Management School at Case Western Reserve University for the past three years. He is also a Trustee of the Cleveland State University Foundation. He received his Juris Doctor from Cleveland-Marshall Law School at Baldwin Wallace University.

He has received a number of awards during his career. Among them are the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund, Ort Man of the Year, the Jewish Community Federation Leadership Award and many years ago, the Young Leadership award from the Society of Jewish Education.