Congregation Beth Israel Abraham Voliner - 21st Century

21st Century

Schwartz was succeeded by Ari Perl, who served until 2003. Perl had received his semicha (rabbinic ordination) from Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and had previously served as Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, New Jersey. While serving as rabbi of Beth Israel Abraham Voliner, Perl also served as a legal decisor for the kosher supervision body, eruv, ritual bath, and burial society.

David S. Fine served as rabbi from 2003 until mid-2008, when he moved to Israel. During this period he also served on the executive board of the Rabbinical Council of America, a member of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, and was Midwest Regional President of Amcha - The Coalition for Jewish Concerns.

Fine brought the Synaplex national synagogue revitalization program to Beth Israel Abraham Voliner in 2005; out of 100 congregations that initially adopted the program, only two, including Beth Israel Abraham Voliner, were Orthodox. In 2007 the synagogue won a $20,000 grant from the Orthodox Union to help the congregation's outreach programs aimed at "young families, singles, and other unaffiliated Jews". Beth Israel Abraham Voliner's proposal was "based on four prongs, or suppositions: the lack of Jewish knowledge among the unaffiliated; the loneliness of young mothers after childbirth; lack of time to become involved by busy professionals; and need for lay leadership training."

Daniel Rockoff became Beth Israel Abraham Voliner's rabbi in September 2008. A native of Newton, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Maimonides School, he received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Prior to serving at Beth Israel Abraham Voliner, Rockoff was the assistant rabbi at Congregation Ahawas Achim B'nai Jacob and David in West Orange, New Jersey.

As of 2008 Beth Israel Abraham Voliner was only Orthodox synagogue in Kansas City. As of 2010 it was the only Orthodox synagogue in the State of Kansas.