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The opening as it read in 2025
Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner , abbreviated as BIAV , is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located 9900 Antioch Road, in Overland Park , in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area of Kansas , in the United States. Formally established as Tefereth Israel in Kansas City, 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. Morey Schwartz was the congregation's rabbi from 1991 to 2000, Ari Perl served from 2000 through 2003, and David S. Fine served from 2003 through 2008. As of 2008 Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was the only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City. As of 2010 it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas, and the rabbi was Daniel Rockoff. Rabbi Mark Glass has served as senior rabbi since August 2020. Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner . n.d . The Pluralism Project at Harvard University . Rabbinical Council of America . Congregation Shaare Tefilla of Dallas Texas . n.d .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Formally established as Tefereth Israel in Kansas City, 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 there at 9900 Antioch Road. Morey Schwartz was the congregation's rabbi from 1991 to 2000, Ari Perl served from 2000 through 2003, and David S. Fine served from 2003 through 2008. As of 2010 it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas , and the rabbi was Daniel Rockoff.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Formally established as Tefereth Israel in Kansas City, 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. Morey Schwartz was the congregation's rabbi from 1991 to 2000, Ari Perl served from 2000 through 2003, and David S. Fine served from 2003 through 2008. As of 2008 Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was the only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City. As of 2010 it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas , and the rabbi was Daniel Rockoff.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Formally established as Tefereth Israel in Kansas City, 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. Morey Schwartz was the congregation's rabbi from 1991 to 2000, Ari Perl served from 2000 through 2003, and David S. Fine served from 2003 through 2008. As of 2008 Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was the only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City. As of 2010 it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas , and the rabbi was Daniel Rockoff. . As of 2019, the interim rabbi is Rabbi Yitzchak Mizrahi.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Formally established as Tefereth Israel in Kansas City, 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. Morey Schwartz was the congregation's rabbi from 1991 to 2000, Ari Perl served from 2000 through 2003, and David S. Fine served from 2003 through 2008. As of 2008 Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was the only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City. As of 2010 it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas , and the rabbi was Daniel Rockoff. As of 2019, the interim rabbi is Rabbi Yitzchak Mizrahi.
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orthodox jewish congregation in overland park
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orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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