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New OKC rabbi's first day

Published: July 2, 2012 by Carla Hinton Comment on this article Leave a comment

Vered Harris is the new rabbi at Temple B’nai Israel in Oklahoma City.

Ann Dee Lee, a spokeswoman for the temple, said Harris starts her new job today.

Harris (pictured) comes to Oklahoma City from the Kansas City, Kan., area, where she was education rabbi at  Beth Torah, a  congregation in Overland Park, Kan.

In addition to several events held to say “shalom” to Harris as she prepared to leave Kansas for Oklahoma City, the Beth Torah congregation is honoring Harris by creating  a special poetry collection to be housed in the Beth Torah library. 

“She will be missed greatly, but we are very pleased to see her move on to being able to leave a congrgation and bring all her many talents to another Jewish community,”  Beth Torah Rabbi Mark Levin told the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. 

Look for more information about Harris and her new post soon in The Oklahoman.

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor 

  


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by Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
Carla Hinton, an Oklahoma City native, joined The Oklahoman in 1986 as a National Society of Newspaper Editors minority intern. She began reporting full-time for The Oklahoman two years later and has served as a beat writer covering a wide...
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