SLC Rabbi: 'We’re seeing xenophobia on the rise'
10/27/2018 10:00:44 PM
(KUTV) — A new Salt Lake City Rabbi is asking for peace in the wake of thePittsburgh attacks.
Rabbi Sam Spector of the Congregation Kol Ami said religious violence was committed in ignorance.
"I feel this person probably has a tremendous amount of ignorance to Judaism,” he said. “I can’t think of anything the Jewish community has done to provoke an act of violence such as this. Especially the Jewish individuals who were victims today.”
VIP New Faces: Rabbi Samuel Spector
10/18/2018 10:30:10 PM
Spector, 30, is the senior rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake, Utah. Born in 1988 in Seattle, Wash., he majored in Judaic studies and minored in behavioral psychology at UC-San Diego, where he was active in Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Understanding Yom Kippur, the Jewish ‘day of atonement’
09/17/2018 09:09:53 PM
SALT LAKE CITY -- Yom Kippur is a day when many people of the Jewish faith come together and visit their local synagogues.
The holiday, which will begin on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 18 and end on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 19, focuses on central themes of atonement and repentance.
Jewish people traditionally conduct a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer during the holiday.
Watch the video above to see Rabbi Sam Spector with Congregation Kol Ami share different traditions conducted on Yom Kippur.
Synagogue Welcomes Message of Interfaith Dialogue
09/03/2018 04:58:42 PM
SALT LAKE CITY — As the sun began to set on Aug. 17, members of Salt Lake City’s Congregation Kol Ami community gathered on the covered patio for the Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. Rabbi Samuel L. Spector welcomed those present, saying, “How good it is for brothers and sisters to come together and sit together.”
Meet Rabbi Sam Spector, the new 30-year-old leader of Utah's largest Jewish congregation
08/30/2018 08:03:18 PM
To get his dream job, Rabbi Samuel L. Spector had to go through a somewhat grueling interview process.
To become the rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami, Utah's largest Jewish synagogue with more than 350 families, Rabbi Spector had to first pass a phone interview with the search committee, followed by a second interview via Skype.
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