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Getting Ready To Welcome a New Year at Temple Kol Ami
August 2023
By Bonnie Shaw
It seems like we were just welcoming the summer and imagining those lazy days of not having to rush around to all the everyday activities that fill the rest of the year. At Temple Kol Ami we look at the summer as a time to refresh and rebuild. We held our annual picnic on the most perfect date, June 4, the 13th anniversary of when our Temple was born — our actual bar mitzvah!
On this day we welcomed and announced our new Board of Directors. We are honored to have Kevin Zobel serve as our new president. Kevin follows in the line of the committed visionaries who have guided Temple Kol Ami through each one of our phases of growth. We also welcome Jon Long as our new vice president. It is wonderful to see new leaders emerge from our congregation. We are also fortunate to have veterans continue to commit to leadership roles in our congregation. Michael Vinnik will serve as secretary and Scott Abrams will continue as treasurer. Rounding out our board are Greg Endy, Vivian Sternweiler, Shari Baum, Ashley Endy, and Jonathan Shaw, who serve as our at-large members and religious school and ritual committee chairs, respectively. We are so grateful for their continued commitment to Temple Kol Ami’s success.
Now we approach the fall, which welcomes a new excitement to Temple Kol Ami. On Friday, August 25, we have our welcome back Shabbat, then on Sunday, August 27 at 10 a.m., at Walnut Grove Christian School in Fort Mill, we have our religious school open house, where we will start a new tradition with a pancake breakfast. We are excited to welcome new students to our thriving religious school and welcome back our veteran students. Please come meet our teachers and find out why Temple Kol Ami leads the way in Jewish education. Please check our website for more details on both events. www.templekolamisc.org
We are honored to have Rabbi Bruce Aft and Cantorial soloist Sara Sherman join us again for High Holidays in September. They bring a wealth of experience and pure joy to our services. Listening to Sara sing and play Kol Nidre is one of the highlights of our year. We welcome all to join us! Tickets to all services are included with your Temple Kol Ami membership and for non-members, please reach out to yorksynagogue@gmail.com for more information.
If you live in York County or the Ballantyne area, Temple Kol Ami might be the place for you! We are a warm and inclusive Reform congregation comprised of Jews from diverse backgrounds. We hope you will come check us out soon and find your Jewish home in our community.
