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{{Short description|Reform synagogue in Fort Mill, South Carolina, US}}
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'''Temple Kol Ami''' is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]] located in [[Fort Mill, South Carolina|Fort Mill]], [[York County, South Carolina|York County]], [[South Carolina]], in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |author=Pickens, Jessica |title=Year later, Jewish congregation still growing |newspaper=Fort Mill Times |date=August 17, 2011 |url=http://www.fortmilltimes.com/2011/08/17/1672881/year-later-jewish-congregation.html |access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Gordon, Michael |title=Singing, praying, tossing |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |date=September 30, 2011 |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/30/2651092/singing-praying-tossing.html |access-date= }}</ref> The congregation was founded in 2010, and is one of two Jewish congregations in York County, and one of eleven synagogues in the [[Charlotte metropolitan area]].
==History==
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The history of Jews in York County dates back to as early as the 1860s, when Arnold Friedheim, a German Jewish immigrant settled in Rock Hill, SC. After the Civil War, he was joined by his brothers Julius and August. Together they opened A. Friedheim and Brothers, which would eventually become Rock Hill's largest department store. Jewish families, however, did not immigrate in significant numbers until the early 1900s, mostly [[Eastern Europe]]an Jews from [[History of the Jews in Poland|Poland]] and [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russia]] who were merchants.
The first Jewish congregation created in York County was Beth El, begun in 1922 by eight Jewish families in [[Rock Hill, South Carolina|Rock Hill]]. Meeting in homes and eventually a storefront, by 1933 the congregation constructed its first building on Main Street in Rock Hill. The congregation never had a full-time rabbi, but itinerant rabbis and cantors who would lead [[High Holy Days]] services. Cantor George Ackerman served the congregation for many years until it closed in 1963 due to lack of membership. Its [[Torah scroll]]s and [[Judaica]] were subsequently donated to Beth Israel synagogue in [[Whiteville, NC]].
For the next fifty years, no formal Jewish congregation existed in York County. The few Jewish families that resided in the area attended services either in nearby [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] or [[Gastonia, North Carolina|Gastonia]], both in [[North Carolina]]. However, as Charlotte became a financial center with [[Bank of America]] establishing its national headquarters in the city, and with the influx of retired northeastern Jews, the Jewish population of Charlotte and the surrounding areas (including York County) began to prosper and grow.
In the spring of 2010, two men, rabbinical student Jonathan Cohen and Jonathan Shaw, discussed the idea of creating a Jewish congregation in York County. Initially, conceived as a [[minyan]], the rapid response and number of Jewish families necessitated establishing a formal congregation. Shaw was elected the first President and Cohen assumed the role of spiritual leader. On June 4, 2010, more than 170 people gathered for the first service of the new "Temple Kol Ami." Meeting in various locations, the synagogue eventually found a home at St. Phillipe Neri Catholic Church in Fort Mill.<ref>{{cite news |author=Worthington, Don |title=Local Jews celebrate 1st Hanukkah service in York Co. in 50 years |newspaper=Lake Wylie Pilot |date=December 3, 2010 |url=http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/03/942162_local-jews-celebrate-return-of.html |access-date=October 28, 2011}}</ref> Meeting there until June 2011, the synagogue has since relocated.
==Today==
Today,{{when|date=January 2024}} the congregation has more than 70 member families with a part-time rabbi and a Religious School. Shabbat services are held every first and third Shabbat. In September 2011, a [[Torah scroll]] was donated to the congregation by [[Temple Beth Israel (Niagara Falls, New York)|Temple Beth Israel]], in [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]], New York, after it announced it was disbanding in 2012. Temple Kol Ami obtained a second Torah scroll in 2020.
==References==
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== External links ==
*{{oweb|https://www.templekolamisc.org}}
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