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Part-Time Cantor - Columbia Jewish Congregation
Columbia, Maryland
20 hours/week on average
Overview
The Cantor is an integral part of sustaining and growing the Columbia Jewish Congregation (CJC) community and the Congregation’s Jewish identity while enhancing the spiritual life of the Congregation through music and song. As a teacher of Torah, Hebrew and liturgy, the Cantor imbues the love of language, text and music in both children and adults. The Cantor is part of the clergy team, supporting and working alongside the Rabbi and lay leaders with an emphasis on collaboration, innovation and creativity.
Sustain and Grow
Enhance
Educate
Collaborate
Qualifications
About Columbia Jewish Congregation
Columbia Jewish Congregation (CJC), located in the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center in Columbia, MD is a welcoming, egalitarian community affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism). CJC was founded in the late 1960’s by residents who brought an experimental spirit and desire to create a more personal Jewish community than the synagogue life of their youth. They wanted to raise their children in a progressive environment open to all varieties of Jewish practice and learning. Now an established congregation of approximately 180 households, including traditional, interfaith, LGBTQIA+ families, and singles, CJC strives to be an inspirational Jewish home that lives Torah values in our congregation and the broader community. Compensation and Benefits
Base salary/parsonage: range of $40,000 to $45,000. Choice of benefit plans offered by CJC to its full-time clergy and staff, with Cantor to pay 50% of the cost of the selected benefits, in light of the 20-hour average week. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and AD&D.
TO APPLY
Candidates should submit the following 3 separate documents via email to: [email protected]
Separate page of links to video / audio recordings - do not include in resume or cover letter