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Temple Israel

Charlotte, Italy

Temple Israel

Temple Israel is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 4901 Providence Road, in the Shalom Park district of South Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. One of six synagogues in Charlotte, Temple Israel serves more than 650 member families. Its third and current synag

ogue building was complete in 1992 in the Modernist style, feature floor to ceiling stained glass windows in the sanctuary. The rabbi since July 2020 is Michael Wolk, who took over from interim Rabbi Howard Seigel. Seigel succeeding the long serving rabbi of 24 years, Murray Ezring. The cantor since 2018 has been soprano Shira T. Lissek, previously of Park Avenue Synagogue, New York.

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