Officers & Committees

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• KOL AMI OFFICERS
• COMMITTEES
• COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS
  

  Kol Ami Officers

  July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021

  POSITION	NAME
  President	Jane Schulman
  Vice President	Jane Petkofsky
  Secretary	Lance Feiner
  Treasurer	Erv Walter
  Immediate Past President	Debbie Linick

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  Kol Ami Committees

  July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021

  Position	Name	Email
  Steering-At-Large Members	Gordon Achtermann Amber Baum Jon Baumgarten Dayna Davitz David Friedman Judy Greenblum Collette Major Toni Popkin John Staren Scott Winter
  Committees
  Adult Education	Elenor Hodges
  Care and Concern/Inclusion	Rayna Aylward, Co-Chair Toni Popkin, Co-Chair Ruth Anne Faust Joan Goldfarb Louise Lerner Sharon Sterling
  Honors	Rayna Aylward Dayna Davitz Rabbi Gilah Langner (Advisor) Jane Schulman Toni Popkin
  Long Range Planning	Michael Linick, Chair Elenor Hodges Jane Petkofsky Erv Walter
  Members & Visitors / Nominations	Debbie Linick, Chair Judy Greenblum Emily Schwartz Greco Willa Siegel Cameron Tarry
  Positive Aging	Harriet Epstein, Co-Chair Susan Freiband, Co-Chair
  Ritual	Mike Jawer, Chair Mark Gray Margie Jervis Steve Pershing Jane Petkofsky Anne Salzberg
  Tikkun Olam	Collette Major
  Key Volunteers
  Family Holidays	Emily Schwartz Greco
  Healing List	Toni Popkin
  JCRC Liaison	Mindi Weisenbloom
  Kol Amites Music	Jim North & Jason Wright, Co-directors Jason Wright, Arranger
  Leyning Coordinator	Anne Salzberg
  NOVA Education Directors’ Council Liaison	Jason Weiss
  Reconstructionist Movement	Jason Weiss
  Shabbat Hosting
  Talmud and Pizza	Richard Ruth
  Yahrzeit List	Madeleine Levy

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  Committee Descriptions:

  The following is a brief description of the committees that have been established by Kol Ami.

  If you would like either to join a committee or recommend a new committee (or if you would like more information about a committee) please e-mail , and your request/comments will be forwarded to the appropriate individual.

  Adult Jewish Education Committee – The Adult Jewish Education Committee works to broaden and deepen Jewish learning among Kol Ami members, and support our efforts to be a lifelong learning community.

  Care and Concern /Inclusion Committee – The Care & Concern/Inclusion Committee supports the community’s commitment to providing comfort and assistance to Kol Ami members experiencing life challenges, such as illness, disability, grief, death, and loneliness. Support includes maintaining lists (Yahrzeit, healing, resources), coordinating transportation and food, assisting with Shivas, and offering healing services. The Committee also works with its Inclusion Team to improve access to Kol Ami activities, through identifying and minimizing obstacles and arranging accommodations as needed.

  Honors Committee – The Honors Committee identifies Kol Ami members whose contribution to the community has been exceptional. It proposes them for recognition as Kol Amites of the Year or as recipients of the Hineni Award.

  Members and Visitors Team / Nominations – The Members and Visitors Team provides a personalized welcome to new and potential members in order to help them find a fulfilling home in our congregation. The team also reaches out to departing members to better understand why Kol Ami was no longer meeting their needs. The team expands in the springtime to oversee the Nominations process, inviting congregants to consider new or continuing leadership roles within the congregation.

  Positive Aging Committee- The Positive Aging Committee provides programs and resources about issues of importance for older members and their families; for any adult who wishes to view life in its entirety in preparation for his or her own elder years; and for those who wish to become closer to older people in their lives.

  Ritual Committee – The Ritual Committee plans the Ritual calendar of services and establishes policy with regard to religious services and other activities (i.e. Passover Seder). Its work  includes: food and kashrut issues, format for services, adherence to holiday customs and ceremonies, and answers to questions about established ritual issues. Members of this committee might have skills and/or interest in leading lay-led services. This committee also interfaces with Kol Ami’s rabbinic support.

  Tikkun Olam Committee – The Tikkun Olam Committee seeks out and organizes opportunities for volunteer action.

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