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Temple Kol Ami Welcomes New Year With Returning Clergy Rabbi Bruce Aft and Cantorial Soloist Sara Sharman
September 2023
By Bonnie Shaw
As Temple Kol Ami says goodbye to 5783 we prepare to welcome 5784. The beauty of the High Holidays is upon us and Temple Kol Ami is excited to welcome back our congregants and welcome new family to join us. We are honored to welcome back Rabbi Bruce Aft and Cantorial soloist Sara Sherman.
Rabbi Aft is a wonderfully engaging clergy who has spent many Shabbaton with Temple Kol Ami in the past. He is retired from Congregation Adat Reyim of Springfield, Va after 29 years of service. Rabbi Aft is currently a visiting scholar at George Mason University in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. He is also the president of the community board for Operation Understanding DC. A huge baseball fan (and former college player), he and his wife Sue volunteer for the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.
Sara is a professional musician from New York City who has lent her beautiful voice to our High Holidays for numerous years. Her rendition of Kol Nidre is especially heartfelt as she welcomes the congregation to come closer to the bima and feel the intensity of the Kol Nidre as well as hear the music. Together they bring to the congregation a very meaningful and spiritually uplifting High Holidays to our congregation. Please contact us at yorksynagogue@gmail.com or (803)701-0149 for more information, or check our website www.templekolamisc.org
Schedule for High Holiday services is as follows:
Friday, September 15
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 16
Rosh Hashanah Service, 9 a.m.
Junior Congregation, 10 a.m.
Sunday, September 24
Kol Nidre, 7 p.m.
Monday, September 25
Yom Kippur Service, 9 a.m.
Junior Congregation, 10 a.m. Neilah, 4 p.m.
Further information about Junior Congregation services, Tashlich, Yizkor and break fast can be found on our website. Tickets are included in TKA membership but non-members are welcome to purchase tickets and join us as well. Military and college students are invited to worship with us for free. Rosh Hashanah services will be taking place at Unity Presbyterian Church 303 Tom Hall St. Fort Mill, SC. Yom Kippur services will be taking place at Philadelphia United Methodist Church 1691 SC-160, Fort Mill, SC.
Additionally, it is not too late to enroll your child at Temple Kol Ami Religious School! The TKA Religious School teachers and administrators have been hard at work all summer getting ready to provide a meaningful Jewish education. For more information, please contact us at tka.religiousschool@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you all join us for a wonderful year at Temple Kol Ami!
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.
