Sunday, April 13, 2008

Kol Ami Mission Statement

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Congregation Kol Ami is to inspire each member through creative approaches to education, innovative worship and enlivening communal experiences. Kol Ami nurtures the desire to incorporate Jewish values and traditions into everyday life.

CORE VALUES
We commit to serving God, observing Shabbat, and living Torah.


We believe that the perpetuation of the Jewish People depends upon ongoing engagement with our heritage and tradition, expressed through creative and innovative approaches to spiritual living.


We commit to being a congregation that responds to individual needs, and a community with genuine concern for each other.


We commit to Jewish education, both inside and outside of the synagogue. We commit to inspire our children’s Jewish souls, so that they will choose to live Jewish lives.


We commit to being an egalitarian community of respect, inclusiveness and tolerance, without regard for sexual orientation.


We support congregational participation by families of interfaith marriages.


We commit to Tikkun Olam; repairing the world is a Jewish obligation.


We commit to the perpetuation of the Jewish State of Israel.

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