Congregation Kol Shalom

Our Leadership

  –Rabbi

  –President

  –Education Director

  –PreSchool Director 

  –Board of Directors, Board Members, Committee Chairs

Rabbi

Josh Wohl, Rabbi Congregation Kol Shalom

Rabbi Josh Wohl grew up in Detroit and has been involved in Jewish life from a very young age. He decided to enter Rabbinical School as a senior at the University of Michigan after he realized that he was spending more time studying Rashi then Rousseau.

 

Rabbi Wohl earned a Masters in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theology Seminary and has taught at multiple Jewish Day Schools in the New York metropolitan area. He began his pulpit career as a Rabbinical student, serving for four years as the spiritual leader of Beacon Hebrew Alliance Congregation in Beacon, NY. For the past seven years, he has served as the Rabbi at Agudath Achim Congregation in Altoona, PA.

 

Rabbi Wohl has been committed to building a caring community, fostering Jewish learning and developing social justice programs that make a difference in the community. He enjoys helping others search for joy and meaning in their Jewish practice.

 

Rabbi is married to Julie, a Jewish artist and educator and they have two very active children, Sam age eleven and Micah age seven. In his spare time, Rabbi enjoys playing basketball, tennis and golf and cheering on his beloved Michigan Wolverines. He also loves meeting new people and prides himself on his ability to have a conversation with almost anybody on almost any topic.

 

President

Howard Salob, President

The Salob family have been members of Congregation Kol Ami/Congregation Kol Shalom for 34 years. Howard was President of Congregation Kol Ami for 6 years and has been the President of Congregation Kol Shalom since its merger with Congregation Nevey Shalom in August 2008. Howard was Religious Chair of Congregation Kol Ami, a lay leader for all religious services, a B’nai Mitzvah tutor, a Torah reading tutor, and has been intimately involved in all aspects of synagogue activity. Howard has been practicing general dentistry in Prince George’s County since 1974. Howard and his wife, Judy, have 2 children and 3 grandchildren and reside in Severna Park, MD.

 

Education Director and Preschool Director

Allison Charapp, Education Director and Preschool Director

The Charapp Family have been members of Kol Ami/Kol Shalom since 2002 when their two boys began attending the Daniel Rothman Religious School. Since then, both boys have celebrated their Bar Mitzvahs, and their family has embraced the Kol Shalom community. Allison has worked with the school board, assisted with planning for renovation of the school wing, and spearheaded several integral fundraising efforts.

 

Allison has been a teacher for over 20 years and earned a Master’s degree in Education with a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Design. Allison holds an Association Montessori International Elementary diploma and has Orton-Gillingham training in multi-sensory instruction. Beyond teaching the children at our religious school, Allison has developed education outreach for Volanz Aerospace (a STEM space science organization serving elementary children in Maryland), and has served as an education consultant for NASA.

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Board of Directors

Rabbi	Josh Wohl
President	Howard Salob
Vice President	Ira Snyder
Secretary	Janice Krasnow
Treasurer	Elie Pallia
Education Director, Preschool Director	Allison Charapp

Board Members

Ben Weiner	Stephen Stern
Hannette Goldberg	Phil Itzkowitz
Bill Katcef	Sharon Kolstad
Susan Zevin	Gary Weinfeld
Helaine Betnun	Kate Penn
David Sheinhorn
Allison Charapp

Committee Chairs

Membership	Maxine Silber
Religious	Ben Weiner
Cemetery	Larry Snyder
Israeli Affairs	Ira Rifkin
Women’s League	Julie Applebaum
Men’s Club	Gary Weinfeld
USY/Kadima	Kate Penn
Youth Group Advisor	Marin Weisblatt
House Rotation	Marian Figlio
Good & Welfare	Hannette Goldberg
Chesed	Cindy Weiner
Chazak	Hannah Kaufman
Publicity	Bill Katcef
Yahrtzeit/Simcha Plaques	Howard Salob