Over 120 Temple members joined us for dinner, services and a special Oneg to welcome our new Student Cantor, Mike Jarvis.

Mike Jarvis spent the first part of his life as a business process developer working in downtown Washington D.C. before he began to question whether he wanted to devote his whole life to making the wealthy wealthier. In 2012 he graduated with a dual-major in Vocal Performance and Interdisciplinary Religion before beginning the process of Cantorial ordination program at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. He is excited for the opportunity to tend to the spiritual and emotional needs of the Jewish people and especially to show young people that Judaism can be interesting, rewarding, and even cool.