personnel. Goldberg retired to West Palm Beach, where he wrote the weekly column "Wisdom of the heart," in the Palm Beach Post. On December 24, 1994, Goldberg died in West Palm Beach, Florida and was buried on January 6, 1995, in Arlington National Cemetery. He was 98. Education Goldberg's formal education included: Herzliya College, Palestine, 1914 University of Odessa, Russia, B.A., 1916 Jewish Institute of Religion, New York City, New York, M.H.L. and rabbinic ordination, 1926 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York City, New York, D.D. (Honorary), 1951 Family Goldberg married writer and former R.H. Donnelley executive Henrietta C. Davis on August 22, 1948. Goldberg had two daughters from a previous marriage to Eleanor Rottman - Josephine and Naomi. At the time of Goldberg's death, he and Henrietta had four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Much of Goldberg's family, including his mother and younger sister, died during World War II in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. He was also a champion level ice skater and trained the Wiener family whilst on vacation in Phoenicia, New York. Awards and memorials Goldberg received the Frank Weil Award for "distinguished contributions to the Armed Services" in 1958. That same year, Goldberg received the Gold Medal of Merit from the Jewish War Veterans of the United States. General Omar Bradley made the award presentation, with remarks by former Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas and Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis Spellman. Among his many other awards was the Four Chaplains Award presented by the Alexander D. Goode lodge of B'nai B'rith in 1956. He also received a special "Medal for International Cooperation" from the French government, assigning him the honorary rank of commander in the French military. In 1959, the New York Police Department Shomrim Society honored Goldberg with its first annual "Person of the Year" award. On February 10, 1995, the Captain Joshua L. Goldberg Memorial Chapel was dedicated in his honor at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History in Washington, D.C. References External links Photo of Goldberg with students of his at the Astoria Jewish Center, sometime in the 1920s Photo of Goldberg in Navy uniform with "victory matzas" – matzas produced in America in the form of the letter "V," to celebrate victory in World War II Photo of Goldberg as a Lieutenant (junior grade), Rosh Hashanah 1943 Jewish American military personnel American Reform rabbis American religious leaders Hebrew