Congregation NefeshSoul, Temple Kol Ami, others announce big changes
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- Written By: Rochelle Ryan, Director West Valley Behavioral Health
Some mainstays of the Jewish community in Greater Phoenix have announced big changes as 2021 comes to a close.
Congregation NefeshSoul Rabbi Susan Schanerman announced she is leaving early next year.
In a letter to congregants, she said she treasures the community they’ve built together over the past eight years.
“I so hope that we will continue as a congregation with a new spiritual leader or as an active chavurah or however you all decide to move forward,” she wrote in her emailed letter.
She said she will still be an active member of the congregation, and will be available for funerals, weddings and baby namings.
She alluded to her recurring dream featuring many unfamiliar rooms in a familiar house...