A NEW VOICE by Talia Joffe
D
esks and cabinets stacked with papers and knickknacks clutter the small office. Large exposed pipes hum overhead, drowning out the clicking of keyboards and a man singing in a side room. Muffled chatter and echoing footsteps in the stairway can be heard through the thin walls. This is not the kind of place you’d expect to be a house of worship, but this is the current headquarters of Congregation Kol Emeth, a Conservative Jewish synagogue in Palo Alto.