New Rabbi at Congregation Kol Ami Receives Coverage in St. Petersburg Times
The article profiles Rabbi Raphael Ostrovsky, who begins his new job at Tampa Conservative congregation at the start of the Jewish New Year.
kolami.org - September 19, 2008
(PRNewsChannel) / Tampa, Fla. / An article that appears in the St. Petersburg Times profiles Congregation Kol Ami and its new spiritual leader Rabbi Raphael Ostrovsky.
Rabbi Ostrovsky is serving an interim role, replacing Rabbi Joel Wasser who left the Tampa Conservative synagogue in June to lead worship at Keneseth Israel Congregation in Louisville, Ky.
Ostrovsky is an experienced rabbi who led Congregation Beth Israel in Hammond, Ind. for more than two decades. He retired in July.
But now he's back at the pulpit for about a year in the interim capacity while the Tampa temple conducts a thorough search for permanent spiritual leader. Kol Ami selected an interim rabbi to help the congregation adjust with change.
"The interim needs to be able to relate to the emotional issue of a rabbi leaving, a rabbi who people loved and who was here for many years," Jaffe told the St. Petersburg Times. "Rabbi Ostrovsky has taken special courses to become an interim."
Ostrovsky will lead services, give sermons, officiate at life cycle events, teach religious classes and make rabbinical visits. He will also help the congregation in the search for a permanent rabbi.
About Kol Ami: Congregation Kol Ami is an egalitarian Conservative Congregation that is highly participatory and energetic. Emphasis is placed on education, fostering Jewish values and ideals, and encouraging our congregants to grow Jewishly. Our mission is to advance and promote the ideals, values, and practices of Conservative Judaism Congregation Kol Ami is a unique and wonderful synagogue. One reason that we are special is because of dedicated, caring, involved, and skilled volunteers who participate in synagogue life at all levels. As individuals and as a congregation, we are on a ladder, trying to move upward one step at a time.
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