Kol Ami will install Rabbi Gilah Langner as its rabbi at a special gathering on Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA) at 4444 Arlington Boulevard, where Kol Ami meets. Kol Ami will mark this occasion with an ice cream party. All are welcome to share in event.
Langner was ordained in 2003 and over the years she has served Kol Ami as a guest teacher in the Jewish Children’s Education Program and as a leader of family and other services. Last year Langner led Kol Ami’s High Holiday services. Since her ordination, Langner has served as the principal both at the Shoreshim Hebrew School in Reston and the Kehila Chadasha Sunday School. Langner has also led Jewish meditation at two D.C.-area congregations and has been an adjunct professor at several D.C.-area universities. In addition, Langner has served as a visiting chaplain both at Georgetown University Hospital and at senior residences, and co-directed the Washington Jewish Healing Network. Langner, the founding publisher and co-editor of the journal Kerem: Creative Explorations in Judaism, has published numerous articles and authored many prayers.
Langner will lead a special Siyyum service on Sept. 17, 10 a.m. at the UUCA, honoring Kol Ami members who have studied, over the last four years, every chapter of every book of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. Marcel Infeld, who served as Kol Ami’s president in 2015-2016, led these classes. Go to http://www.kolamivirginia.org/ to register for those services.