Kol Zimrah
{{short description|Independent minyan in Manhattan, New York}}
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Kol Zimrah (transliterated from Hebrew as "Voice of Song") is an unaffiliated Jewish congregation, also called an independent minyan or chavurah, that is based on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, United States.
Overview
Founded in 2002, the congregation's motto is "meaningful prayer through music".{{cite news |author=Michaelson, Jay |url=https://forward.com/news/7093/a-prayer-group-of-their-own/ |title=A Prayer Group of Their Own |work=The Forward |date=November 14, 2003 |access-date= }} It does not identify itself with any of the established Jewish religious movements, and has a style of prayer that does not fit neatly into the styles associated with any of them.[http://www.zeek.net/801roundtable/ "D.I.Y. Judaism: A Roundtable on the Independent Minyan Phenomenon"], Zeek, Spring/Summer 2007, p. 25.
The congregation met regularly for Friday night services which combined Hebrew language liturgy with musical instruments and singing.
Like other chavurot, Kol Zimrah had no rabbi or other professional leadership, and was run completely by volunteers. It used a "two-table" system at its potluck dinners (one table with vegetarian food, and one table with vegetarian food in which all ingredients have kashrut certification) in order to accommodate different standards of kashrut in a pluralistic community.Sue Fishkoff, [http://www.hazon.org/go.php?q=/readingroom/00-hazonInTheNews/20061026-JTA_-_DietaryChangesAfootButAreTheyKosher.html "Dietary changes afoot, but are they kosher? That depends what it means"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905072227/http://www.hazon.org/go.php?q=%2Freadingroom%2F00-hazonInTheNews%2F20061026-JTA_-_DietaryChangesAfootButAreTheyKosher.html |date=2010-09-05 }}, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, October 29, 2006.
Kol Zimrah had a "sibling" relationship with Tikkun Leil Shabbat in Washington, D.C.,Joelle Novey, "Our Sponges Are Praying: How a Dish System Reflects Pluralism, Environmentalism, Egalitarianism, and Community at Tikkun Leil Shabbat in Washington, DC", in Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010. one of the few other congregations that has services in the same style (musical instruments and the traditional structure of the liturgy).Neela Banerjee, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28minyan.html "Challenging Tradition, Young Jews Worship on Their Terms"], The New York Times, November 28, 2007.
Kol Zimrah ceased activities after 2014.[http://kolzimrah.info/ Kol Zimrah website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217133519/http://kolzimrah.info/ |date=2014-12-17 }}, 2014: "Kol Zimrah is currently not holding regular services."
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.kolzimrah.info}}{{dead-link|date=August 2018}}
- {{twitter|kolzimrah}}
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Category:2002 establishments in New York City
Category:Jewish organizations established in 2002
Category:Synagogues in Manhattan
Category:Unaffiliated synagogues in New York City
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