Rachel Greenbaum's guest appearances

Rachel Greenbaum

JM in the AM Interviews

JM in the AM

Success Champions

Josh Berkowitz

Don Kates

Yeshivat HaKotel

Ruchama Clapman

Rafi Shulman

Michael Sojcher

Michael Benson

David Lazerson

Nitzan Chen

Marilyn Marcus

Shmueli Ungar

Naftali Solomon

Jake Adler

Scott Shay

Derech Chaim

OwlTail

She was born in the USA, but grew up in Canada. As a child she was a competitive figure skater, and ballerina, and was lucky enough to dance in the Olympics Arts Festival in the 1988 Winter Olympics.Rachel relocated several times from her teenage years on; the most noteworthy being a year in college spent studying in France, taking in the culture, language, and too many chocolate croissants! To work off all that flakey, buttery deliciousness after returning stateside, She became a Heavy-bag Kickboxing Instructor, and there began her love of teaching fitness. She progressed into training in Muay Thai, then eventually fought at the 2004 Women’s Nationals Boxing Championship, and was ranked 6th in the US!She also decided pursue a degree in Photo Journalism around that time, and graduated with a BA from The Brooks Institute of Photography in Ventura, CA, in 2006. Her graduation project was a small documentary that she filmed and produced, (along with friend and colleague Jessica Wunderlich), covering the 2006 Hezbollah (via Lebanon) attack on Israel. They filmed the war from Israel for only two and a half weeks of the 34-day conflict, but it was definitely life changing. While it may seem strange to state that it was a positive experience since witnessing firsthand the thorough, and unmitigated disregard for human life was beyond heart breaking, it did give her a profound, unexplainable lust for living. The destruction and death emphasized and restored in her a desire to help others, and respect of the fragility and permanent impact of single moments. Carpe diem. In 2008, another friend and fellow photographer (Evan Cohan), and Rachel bicycled 500 miles across the South Island of New Zealand, also over a two and a half week time period, and soon followed up by self-publishing a book on their adventure.Somewhere in between those two projects, she took up Krav Maga, (the official self-defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces), and eventually became an instructor. It is this career path that led to her to Los Angeles, CA just over a year ago, where she now manages an international Krav Maga licensing company with over 130 affiliates everywhere from Canada to Australia. She just tested for her Instructor Brown Belt, one level below Black Belt. She's also in the process of becoming a Krav Maga Alliance Training Team Instructor, which is train the trainer status. She is overseeing the StrikeFit® (heavy-bag kickboxing) program, which will soon involve travel for certifications to train others to become StrikeFit® instructors. Since relocating to LA, she has been recruited by one of the top Lagree Fitness Method (Pilates inspired strength training) studios in North America, and is proud to now be a certified instructor in the most physically challenging, (result evident) methods to perform, let alone teach, that she have ever come across.Badass in a completely different way, she was recently hired to train a well-known actress briefly in Krav Maga, consult about technique and class format on set while filming, and be in the movie. She has just been informed by the producer that she was in a lot of the footage, and it is going to be submitted into the Sundance Film Festival!The day before that filming, they did a photo-shoot a new Black Belt book that John Whitman (5th Degree Black Belt, and author) is writing. She took photos for much of the shoot with a group of really great and talented people, and got to be featured in a few techniques also. You'll hopefully be seeing her soon gracing the cover of MAXIM magazine, votes are tallying now so go vote!

She was born in the USA, but grew up in Canada. As a child she was a competitive figure skater, and ballerina, and was lucky enough to dance in the Olympics Arts Festival in the 1988 Winter Olympics.Rachel relocated several times from her teenage years on; the most noteworthy being a year in college spent studying in France, taking in the culture, language, and too many chocolate croissants! To work off all that flakey, buttery deliciousness after returning stateside, She became a Heavy-bag Kickboxing Instructor, and there began her love of teaching fitness. She progressed into training in Muay Thai, then eventually fought at the 2004 Women’s Nationals Boxing Championship, and was ranked 6th in the US!She also decided pursue a degree in Photo Journalism around that time, and graduated with a BA from The Brooks Institute of Photography in Ventura, CA, in 2006. Her graduation project was a small documentary that she filmed and produced, (along with friend and colleague Jessica Wunderlich), covering the 2006 Hezbollah (via Lebanon) attack on Israel. They filmed the war from Israel for only two and a half weeks of the 34-day conflict, but it was definitely life changing. While it may seem strange to state that it was a positive experience since witnessing firsthand the thorough, and unmitigated disregard for human life was beyond heart breaking, it did give her a profound, unexplainable lust for living. The destruction and death emphasized and restored in her a desire to help others, and respect of the fragility and permanent impact of single moments. Carpe diem. In 2008, another friend and fellow photographer (Evan Cohan), and Rachel bicycled 500 miles across the South Island of New Zealand, also over a two and a half week time period, and soon followed up by self-publishing a book on their adventure.Somewhere in between those two projects, she took up Krav Maga, (the official self-defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces), and eventually became an instructor. It is this career path that led to her to Los Angeles, CA just over a year ago, where she now manages an international Krav Maga licensing company with over 130 affiliates everywhere from Canada to Australia. She just tested for her Instructor Brown Belt, one level below Black Belt. She's also in the process of becoming a Krav Maga Alliance Training Team Instructor, which is train the trainer status. She is overseeing the StrikeFit® (heavy-bag kickboxing) program, which will soon involve travel for certifications to train others to become StrikeFit® instructors. Since relocating to LA, she has been recruited by one of the top Lagree Fitness Method (Pilates inspired strength training) studios in North America, and is proud to now be a certified instructor in the most physically challenging, (result evident) methods to perform, let alone teach, that she have ever come across.Badass in a completely different way, she was recently hired to train a well-known actress briefly in Krav Maga, consult about technique and class format on set while filming, and be in the movie. She has just been informed by the producer that she was in a lot of the footage, and it is going to be submitted into the Sundance Film Festival!The day before that filming, they did a photo-shoot a new Black Belt book that John Whitman (5th Degree Black Belt, and author) is writing. She took photos for much of the shoot with a group of really great and talented people, and got to be featured in a few techniques also. You'll hopefully be seeing her soon gracing the cover of MAXIM magazine, votes are tallying now so go vote!

Rachel Greenbaum: MAXIM-ise Your Discipline

Nachum Segal

Shabbat Arad

Nachum Segal and Rachel Greenbaum on the Shabbat Arad - Shabbat with the Stars

Michael McMahon

Ariella Novak

Josh Pruzansky

Baruch Ber Bender

Featuring: Great Jewish music, the latest news from Israel, several interviews and Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser.

11.02.2015: Guests: Candidate for Staten Island DA Michael McMahon, Ariella Novak with Josh Pruzansky, Achiezer's Rabbi Baruch Ber Bender and Rachel Greenbaum for Shabbat Arad