# Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner

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Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City, Kansas, United States

For similarly named synagogues, see [Beth Israel](/source/Beth_Israel_(disambiguation)).

Beth Israel Abraham Voliner Religion Affiliation Orthodox Judaism Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue Leadership Rabbi Mark Glass Rabbi Aron Rubin (Assistant) Status Active Location Location 9900 Antioch Road, Overland Park, Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Kansas 66212 Country United States Location in Kansas Coordinates 38°56′58″N 94°41′12″W / 38.949535°N 94.686586°W / 38.949535; -94.686586 Architecture Established 1894 (as Tefereth Israel) Completed 1905 (Admiral Boulevard) 1959 (83rd and Holmes) 1987 (Overland Park,) 1994 (Antioch Road) Website biav.org [1]

**Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner**, abbreviated as **BIAV**, is an [Orthodox Jewish](/source/Orthodox_Judaism) congregation and [synagogue](/source/Synagogue), located 9900 Antioch Road, in [Overland Park](/source/Overland_Park%2C_Kansas), in the [Kansas City Metropolitan Area](/source/Kansas_City_Metropolitan_Area) of [Kansas](/source/Kansas), in the United States.

Formally established as *Tefereth Israel* in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri) in 1894, by 1960 it had moved several times, and merged with three other congregations, taking on its current name. Responding to demographic shifts in Kansas City's Orthodox community, it opened a branch in Overland Park in 1987, and in 1994 it moved to its current location at 9900 Antioch Road.[2][3]

Morey Schwartz was the congregation's [rabbi](/source/Rabbi) from 1991 to 2000,[4] Ari Perl served from 2000 through 2003,[5][6] and David S. Fine served from 2003 through 2008.[7] As of 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congregation_Beth_Israel_Abraham_Voliner&action=edit) Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was the only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City.[7] As of 2010[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congregation_Beth_Israel_Abraham_Voliner&action=edit) it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas,[2] and the rabbi was Daniel Rockoff.[1] Rabbi Mark Glass has served as senior rabbi since August 2020.[1]

## History

### 19th and 20th centuries

Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner (also Congregation Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner or Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner or BIAV) was established in Kansas City, Missouri as the Tefereth Israel (or Tiferes Israel)[8] ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language) for "Splendor of Israel") Congregation in 1894. It grew out of a prayer group called *Etz Chaim* (Hebrew for "Tree of Life"), which began gathering for *[minyan](/source/Minyan)*s (prayer quorums) in 1890. In 1905, it moved to a building at Admiral Boulevard and Tracy, and later merged with Beth Abraham and Beth Hamedrash Hagadol congregations.[2][3] In 1918, the rabbi was S.M. Bayarksy.[8] The congregation moved to a building at 83rd and Holmes in 1959, and in 1960 merged with Voliner Anshei Sefard, when it took on its current name.[2][3]

As Kansas City's Orthodox community moved from Missouri to Kansas, Beth Israel Abraham Voliner followed. In 1987 it opened a branch in Overland Park, and in 1994 it moved to its current location there at 9900 Antioch Road, the former Overland Park Baptist Temple. The move attracted younger families, "and more [Bar and Bat Mitzvahs](/source/Bar_and_Bat_Mitzvah) were held in 1999 than in the entire previous decade."[2]

Morey Schwartz served as the congregation's rabbi from 1991 until 2000, when he and his family moved to [Israel](/source/Israel).[4] In the summer of 1997 he set up Kansas City's first *[kollel](/source/Kollel)*, a post-graduate institute for advanced [studies](/source/Torah_study) of the [Talmud](/source/Talmud) and of [rabbinic literature](/source/Rabbinic_literature) for [Jewish](/source/Jew) men; it closed in 2005 due to a lack of funds.[9]

### 21st century

Schwartz was succeeded by Ari Perl, who served until 2003. Perl had received his *[semicha](/source/Semicha)* (rabbinic ordination) from [Yeshiva University](/source/Yeshiva_University)'s [Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary](/source/Rabbi_Isaac_Elchanan_Theological_Seminary), and had previously served as Assistant Rabbi at [Congregation Ahavath Torah](/source/Congregation_Ahavath_Torah) in Englewood, New Jersey. While serving as rabbi of Beth Israel Abraham Voliner, Perl also served as a [legal decisor](/source/Posek) for the [kosher supervision body](/source/Hechsher), *[eruv](/source/Eruv)*, [ritual bath](/source/Mikvah), and [burial society](/source/Chevra_kadisha).[5][6]

David S. Fine served as rabbi from 2003 until mid-2008, when he moved to Israel.[7] During this period he also served on the executive board of the [Rabbinical Council of America](/source/Rabbinical_Council_of_America), a member of the [Chicago Rabbinical Council](/source/Chicago_Rabbinical_Council),[10] and was Midwest Regional President of *Amcha - The Coalition for Jewish Concerns*.[11]

Fine brought the Synaplex national synagogue revitalization program to Beth Israel Abraham Voliner in 2005; out of 100 congregations that initially adopted the program, only two, including Beth Israel Abraham Voliner, were Orthodox.[12] In 2007 the synagogue won a $20,000 grant from the [Orthodox Union](/source/Orthodox_Union) to help the congregation's outreach programs aimed at "young families, singles, and other unaffiliated Jews".[13] Beth Israel Abraham Voliner's proposal was "based on four prongs, or suppositions: the lack of Jewish knowledge among the unaffiliated; the loneliness of young mothers after childbirth; lack of time to become involved by busy professionals; and need for lay leadership training."[14]

Daniel Rockoff became Beth Israel Abraham Voliner's rabbi in September 2008.[7] A native of [Newton, Massachusetts](/source/Newton%2C_Massachusetts), and a graduate of [Maimonides School](/source/Maimonides_School), he received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.[1] Prior to serving at Beth Israel Abraham Voliner, Rockoff was the assistant rabbi at Congregation Ahawas Achim B'nai Jacob and David in [West Orange, New Jersey](/source/West_Orange%2C_New_Jersey).[7]

In 2020, Rabbi Mark Glass became the rabbi of the congregation. Glass received his BA in Philosophy, MA in Jewish Philosophy, and [Semikhah](/source/Semikhah) at [Yeshiva University](/source/Yeshiva_University) and spent over two years learning in [Yeshivat Hakotel](/source/Yeshivat_Hakotel) in Jerusalem. Prior to his studies in Israel, he graduated from the [King David High School, Manchester](/source/King_David_High_School%2C_Manchester) in the UK.

As of 2008[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congregation_Beth_Israel_Abraham_Voliner&action=edit) Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City.[7] As of 2010[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congregation_Beth_Israel_Abraham_Voliner&action=edit) it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Rabbi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Rabbi_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Rabbi_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Rabbi_1-3) ["Clergy"](https://www.biav.org/about-us/clergy/). *Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner*. n.d. Retrieved November 19, 2019.[*[self-published source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-History_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-History_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-History_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-History_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-History_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-History_2-5) ["History and Mission"](http://www.biav.org/about/history-and-mission/). *Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner*. n.d.[*[self-published source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Wiley2004_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Wiley2004_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Wiley2004_3-2) Wiley, Dr. George (June 3, 2004). ["Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner"](http://www.pluralism.org/research/profiles/display.php?profile=72122). *Center Profile*. The Pluralism Project at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). Retrieved January 11, 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-JSSMJSummer2008p104_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-JSSMJSummer2008p104_4-1) ["Morey Schwartz"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100629155948/http://sephardic.fiu.edu/journal/Summer%202008/Schwartz_S08.htm). *Journal for the Study of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry*: 104. Summer 2008. Archived from [the original](http://sephardic.fiu.edu/journal/Summer%202008/Schwartz_S08.htm) on June 29, 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RCAPerl_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RCAPerl_5-1) ["Rabbi Ari Perl"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071023075345/http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=100713). [Rabbinical Council of America](/source/Rabbinical_Council_of_America). March 22, 2006. Archived from [the original](http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=100713) on October 23, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ShaareTefilla_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ShaareTefilla_6-1) ["Our Rabbi"](http://www.shaaretefilla.org/?p=4). *Congregation Shaare Tefilla of Dallas Texas*. n.d. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lipoff20080926_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lipoff20080926_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Lipoff20080926_7-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Lipoff20080926_7-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Lipoff20080926_7-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Lipoff20080926_7-5) Lipoff, Beth (September 26, 2008). "New year, new rabbi for Congregation BIAV". *The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-refAJYearBookV21p412_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-refAJYearBookV21p412_8-1) ["Directories"](http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1919_1920_5_Directories.pdf) (PDF). *[American Jewish Year Book](/source/American_Jewish_Year_Book)*. [Jewish Publication Society](/source/Jewish_Publication_Society). p. 412.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bayer20070706_9-0)** Bayer, Barbara (July 6, 2007). "Kollel making a comeback". *The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Rabbi David S. Fine"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071023075814/http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=100626). [Rabbinical Council of America](/source/Rabbinical_Council_of_America). October 13, 2005. Archived from [the original](http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=100626) on October 23, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Amcha Staff"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070502072806/http://www.amchacjc.org/staff.html). *Amcha*. n.d. Archived from [the original](http://www.amchacjc.org/staff.html) on May 2, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Fishkoff, Sue (September 16, 2006). ["Extreme Shul Makeover"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080820112824/http://www.hiwp.org/docs/JTAnews_rabbimarder.pdf) (PDF). *[Jewish Telegraphic Agency](/source/Jewish_Telegraphic_Agency)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.hiwp.org/docs/JTAnews_rabbimarder.pdf) (PDF) on August 20, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** "Orthodox shuls get outreach grants". *[Jewish Telegraphic Agency](/source/Jewish_Telegraphic_Agency)*. March 30, 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["OU Awards Grants of Up To $20,000 to Three Synagogues for Outreach Proposals"](http://www.ou.org/news/article/ou_awards_grants_of_up_to_20000_to_three_synagogues_for_outreach_proposals/). *OU News*. [Orthodox Union](/source/Orthodox_Union). March 30, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2008.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.biav.org/)

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