At Or Ami, people matter.

Congregation Or Ami is home to a warm and welcoming, innovative, musical Jewish community.

We deepen relationships with each other, while immersing in Torah, Israel and the Source of All Life.

We travel together down Jewish paths which inspire our hearts and souls, and transform us to seek justice and nurture compassion in the world.

Our Values:

Innovation/Chiddish: We delight in continuing opportunities to renew and transform our community, our traditions, our programs and ourselves.

Accessibility of Clergy/Aseh L’cha Rav: We connect with clergy who are genuine, ethical, open and available.

Joy/Simcha: We celebrate life through word and song because we believe that life is filled with blessing.

Openness/Petichut: We create a community where there is a free exchange of ideas and where we courageously talk about the difficult truths in life. We seek the participation and insights of all members of our community.

Caring Community/Henaynu: We are “there” for people through their joyous moments and their sad times. As an inclusive community, we welcome Jewish individuals, families, and couples. Our members are young and old; able-bodied and have special needs; single, couples, divorced and blended families; of various genders and orientations; multicultural/multiethnic; whole to broken; and struggling to wealthy.

Life-long Learning/Talmud Torah: From birth through burial, we grapple together with Jewish texts, traditions and mitzvot to illuminate our lives and touch our souls.

Social Justice/Tikun Olam: We pursue justice, compassion, truth and peace, actively transforming our world.

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The officers of Or Ami meet monthly, one week before the Board Meeting to prioritize the issues that will come before the Board of Directors and to delegate/assign responsibilities for matters not requiring Board approval. For the 2008-09 fiscal year, this Executive Board consists of:

Board of Directors - Executive Board

• Susan Gould , President
• Adrienne Bloom, Executive Vice-President
• Terry Boykoff , Vice-President
• Karen Harris , Vice President
• David Silverstone, Vice President
• Sandy Stein , Chief Financial Officer
• Lisa Horwitz, Secretary

Ex Officio:
Alice Goldsobel , Michael Kaplan - Immediate Past Presidents

Rabbi Paul Kipnes, Cantor Doug Cotler

Or Ami could not function without the volunteer efforts of a great many people. Some of these have stepped into leadership roles as either Committee Chairs or Directors. The Board of Directors meets monthly, usually on the third or fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm. All interested congregants are encouraged to attend the meetings and participate in the decision-making process that directs our future. For the 2008-09 fiscal year, our Directors and additional committee chairs are as follows.

Board of Directors

• Marcy Cameron
• Deborah Echt-Moxness
• Marla Ellis
• David Eshaghpour
• Wendy Erlanger
• Michelle Feinstein
• Linda Fingleson
• Lucille Goldin
• Donald Goldsobel
• Kim Gubner
• Debra Krasnoff
• Darryl Lieberstein
• Jaime Rothstein
• Helayne Sharon
  

Buying SCRIP Helps

It may seem amazing but when you shop at the market or the mall you can actually help Congregation Or Ami. By using SCRIP you provide much needed funds in the easiest way possible.

Our scrip program is awesome! Use it to purchase gift cards for any of your gifting needs, or just for your own use at any of the wonderful stores supporting this program. Please take a few seconds and review this Scrip Form.  You can either email or fax it to the office.

Should you have any questions, please contact Sue Gould.