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Meet Our Rabbi, Sonya Starr
Rabbi Starr is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pennsylvania where she received her Ordination, as well as her MA in Hebrew Letters in 1994. She has been a consultant on the Philadelphia Board of Rabbis, and was the Program Coordinator of the Jewish Women's Studies Project at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Starr's student pulpits included the Jewish Congregation of Fairbanks in Alaska and the Hebrew Association of the Deaf in Philadelphia. For four years Sonya was Rabbi of Beth El Synagogue in Torrington, Connecticut. Her most recent assignment before arriving at CJC was as Rabbi/Educator at the Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden, Connecticut. Rabbi Starr lives in Columbia with her family and enjoys working closely with the Synagogue and the Community.


Rabbi Sonya Starr

Associate Rabbi Bob Saks

Cantor Jan Morrison

Executive Director
Miriam Lapping



Cantor Jan Morrison


Columbia Jewish Congregation 2009-2010 Board Members

President - Ilene Toller
Vice-President - Patti Taylor

Vice-President - Charlene Levine

Vice-President - Joshua Kaufman

Treasurer - Morrie Schactman

Secretary - David Glaser

CJCS President -Susan Gnatt


Nancy Alexander, David Benton, Barry Blyveis, John Evans, Sheldon Gnatt, Ralph Gumpert, Mike Jablonover, Alan Pomerantz (past president), David Sann, Deborah Sweren, Suzanne Waller, Jill Witkin, Marvin Zelkowitz


CJC 2008-2009 Committees and Affinity Groups

Committee Name Committee Chairperson
Adult/Youth Education: Joshua Kaufman
Book Clubs: Ethel Brandt
Budget and Finance:
Morrie Schactman
Caring: Norma Rose
Chevrah Kaddisha: David Zinner
Cultural Arts: Suzanne Waller
Empty Nesters: Rita and Henry Stern
Executive Board: Ilene Toller
Film Series: Sylvia Bloch
Friday Night Services/Prayerbook: Jon Blankman
Financial Development/ Fundraising: Judy Young
Gift Shop: Roni Berkowitz and Linda Kaplan
Green Team: Dan Cohen and Bonnie Sorak
High Holy Days: James Lubitz and Suzanne Waller
Interfaith: Irene Seastrum
Liason: Daly Temchine
Library: Sheila Glanz
Long Range Planning: David Glaser
Marketing - Membership/Retention: Sandra Saperstein and David Greenberg
Marketing - Publicity: Stephanie Shane
Mishpachah Groups : Bonnie Sorak
Passover Seder Barbara Gumpert
Religious Practices: Ilene Toller
Soup Kitchen: Ronee Rothman
Succot in April: Rich Finstein
Sukkah: David Zinner
Tikkun Olam: Roni Berkowitz
Tzedakah: Bruce Blum
Volunteer Development - CJC: Patti Taylor
Volunteer Development - CJCS: Lisa Pomerantz
Website: Marv Zelkowitz
Weekly Update Coordinator: CJC Office
Youth Group - High School: Gary Toller
Youth Group - Middle School: Gary Toller


CJC 2009-2010 Organizational Representatives

Organization CJC Representative
HC Jewish Federation: Pearl Laufer
JRF Chesapeake Region: Mike Taylor
OMI Meeting House: Mike Kushner and Willy Krupka