The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2017 - Page 10
Temple Solel Serves Christmas Lunch to the Children and Staff of the
Children’s Attention Home in Rock Hill
Seven members of Temple
Solel in Fort Mill, SC, onee again
volunteered their time and efforts
for the ehildren and staff of the
Children’s Attention Home. Tem
ple Solel has been a long-time
supporter of the home, finaneially
and through volunteer efforts sueh
as tutoring.
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for the ehildren, to ereate a holi
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caricature that represented the hol
idays to them. The craft gives our
members time to interact one on
one with the children. They are
more than happy to talk about
gifts they received for the holidays
while they make their keepsakes.
Temple Solel’s volunteers then
served a hot lunch of chicken and
homemade macaroni and cheese,
along with fruit and some home
baked cookies. The children really
enjoyed the food and company,
some even coming back for sec
ond helpings.
This was the second year Tem
ple Solel has served Christmas
lunch. “It feels really good to
allow the staff to enjoy some time
with the children and not have to
worry about serving and cleaning;
they work hard for these special
children,” said Temple Solel Pres-
Serving Christmas lunch at the Children’s Attention Home
ident, James Fox. The congrega
tion is eager to serve a meal for
the children and staff again and
hope to make this a more regular
event for Temple Solel and the At
tention Home. ^
Temple Kol Ami Welcomes Rabbi Ana
Bonnheim to Lead Congregation
“Find yourself a rabbi” teaches
our Mishnah. A Jewish commu
nity needs a rabbi to teach and
guide them. Temple Kol Ami of
Fort Mill, SC is thrilled to an
nounce that Rabbi Ana Bonnheim
will be joining us to provide rab
binic leadership to our congrega
tion and the York County Jewish
community. After spending a
wonderful Shabbaton weekend
with Rabbi Bonnheim in Decem
ber, TKA knew that we had found
our rabbi. “We believe a rabbi is
the heartbeat of a Jewish commu
nity,” stated Bonnie Shaw, TKA
president. “We are so excited to
welcome Rabbi Bonnheim to our
congregation and continue to
grow with her.”
Rabbi Bonnheim will be lead
ing Temple Kol Ami in Friday
night Shabbat service (and actu
ally started in January). She will
be with TKA as follows: February
3, March 17, April 7 and May 19.
For an honorarium. Rabbi
Bonnheim is also available to of
ficiate at a wide range of life cycle
events including baby namings,
weddings, funerals, unveilings,
and b’nei mitzvah. For more in
formation, please contact us at
yorksynagogue@gmail.com.
Rabbi Bonnheim is a graduate
of Dartmouth College and re
ceived her rabbinic ordination
from Hebrew Union College-
Rabbi Ana Bonnheim
Cincinnati. She previously served
at Temple Beth Emeth of Sher
man, TX and as associate rabbi at
the URJ Greene Family Camp in
Dallas. She recently relocated to
Charlotte with her husband. Rabbi
Asher Knight of Temple Beth El,
and her two young sons. She
brings with her unbounding en
thusiasm for Jewish education and
deep knowledge of the liturgy.
Temple Kol Ami looks forward to
partnering with her and develop
ing a strong relationship for many
years to come.
Temple Kol Ami is also hum
bled to have again received the
Impact and Innovation Fund
Grant from the Jewish Feder
ation of Greater Charlotte.
With this grant, TKA will con
tinue to bring quarterly Shab-
batons to the Greater York
County area in partnership
with the Institute of Southern Jew
ish Learning’s Rabbi on the Road
program. In 2016, TKA hosted
three highly successful Shabba-
tons, each including Friday night
Shabbat service, Torah study,
Havdallah/cultural programming
and Sunday school religious
education. We are so pleased to
host these weekends of prayer
and enrichment in 2017 for the
York County Jewish community
through the generosity of the
Federation. Check our website,
www.templekolamisc.org, for
dates and more details soon.
Temple Kol Ami is a diverse
and welcoming Reform Jewish
congregation. We hold Friday
night Shabbat services the 1st and
3rd Fridays of each month at the
historic sanctuary of Unity Pres
byterian Church, 303 Tom Hall
Street, Fort Mill, SC. We would
love to have you visit our congre
gation and find out about our
warm, family-oriented environ
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On the birth of a beautiful baby girl, Ava Gray Cohen. She was bom
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