Congregation Kolot Chayeinu

{{short description|Jewish congregation in Brooklyn, New York}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{refimprove|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Congregation Kolot Chayeinu | native_name = {{langx|he|קולות חיינו}} | native_name_lang = | image = Congregation Kolot Chayeinu (55267414922).jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Meeting place in Gethsemane Church | religious_affiliation = [[Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Non-denominational Judaism|Unaffiliated]] | festival =  | organisational_status = [[Synagogue|Congregation]] | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = Rabbi Sam Kates-Goldman Cantor Lisa B. Segal | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = Gethsemane Church, 1012 8th Ave, [[Park Slope, Brooklyn|Park Slope]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 11215 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = New York City | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[New York City]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{Coord|40|39|53|N|73|58|48|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = Rabbi Ellen Lippmann | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1993 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|kolotchayeinu.org}} | module =  | footnotes = }} '''Congregation Kolot Chayeinu''' ({{langx|he|קולות חיינו||Voices of Our Lives}}) is a progressive [[Non-denominational Judaism|unaffiliated]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation, that worships in Gethsemane Church, at 1012 8th Avenue, [[Park Slope, Brooklyn|Park Slope]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States.

== History == Rabbi Ellen Lippmann established Kolot Chayeinu, a progressive Jewish synagogue in Brooklyn in 1993, initially as a small group of people that met around her dining room table.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shelby|first=Joyce|date=2001-05-10|title=She Heeded A Call For Inclusion Voices Of Our Lives Leader Marking 10th Year As Rabbi|url-status=dead|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2001-05-10/local/18182016_1_synagogues-judaism-and-jewish-life-first-female-rabbi|work=Daily News|location=New York|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711103335/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2001-05-10/local/18182016_1_synagogues-judaism-and-jewish-life-first-female-rabbi|archive-date=2012-07-11|access-date=2017-09-11}}</ref> Over the years it has grown to have its own space and staff, including a rabbi and cantor (both ordained), 300+ members, and a Children's Learning Program.

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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.kolotchayeinu.org/}}

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