Located in Sharon, MA, Kol Tikvah is a small, independent Reform Jewish temple dedicated to helping individuals and families live their best Jewish life - whatever that means to you.

Who says a good temple is hard to find? Located just off South Main Street and just a couple of minutes' drive from Route 95, Kol Tikvah is a convenient Jewish destination for folks from over 14 surrounding towns.

Welcome to Kol Tikvah

Spiritual Leadership

Rabbi Randy Kafka

Rabbi Randy Kafka is a member of the Sharon Interfaith Clergy Association and a co-founder of Sharon Interfaith Action. She was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in 2008 and earned a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Harvard University in 1989.

Books by Rabbi Kafka:

So May It Be: Reflections On What Really Matters

A Time for Everything: More Reflections On What Really Matters

Check out her blog: rkafka.blogspot.com

Rabbi Kafka’s 2014 reflections on her visit to Rwanda: https://vimeo.com/99781886

Yitzi Gittelsohn

Yitzi Gittelsohn is our Rabbinic Intern for 2025-2026, co-leading services and learning programs with Rabbi Kafka.

Yitzi is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton. He brings a variety of talents and teachings to Kol Tikvah—not the least of which are his soulful musicianship and earnest reflections.

Kol Tikvah Board

Officers:

President: Randy O’Brien

VP of Finance: Ian Dembsky

VP: Karen Winkler

Secretary: Marci Elman

Past President: Harriet Cohen

Board of Trustees:

Mark Brenner

Wendy Cardoza

Aprille Dembsky

Jeremy Gordon

Adam Green

Randi Green

Laurie Silver

Special Trustee: Kiki Mednicov

Our Czech Holocaust Torah

We are honored and proud to be the keepers of one of the Torah scrolls saved from Nazi destruction and now part of the Memorial Scrolls Trust collection. Our scroll (MST #1214) is an “orphan” Torah, meaning that it cannot be traced to any particular community.

Our custom is to celebrate and read from our scroll annually, on Yom Kippur afternoon. It is too fragile to handle more often.

In the words of temple president Randy O’Brien:

“Those who came to the Yom Kippur afternoon service, in addition to hearing heartfelt presentations on this year’s theme from three members, also experienced a special, intimate time with our Holocaust Torah. We all gathered around the side ark and together escorted the Torah to the reading table. We thought about its story, the region it came from, and paused to recall those who once used it in their own synagogue. We then shared in reading a line-by-line translation of the afternoon Torah portion as Rabbi Kafka read it from the scroll. We then quietly, as one community, escorted it back to its ark. A simply lovely and moving ceremony.”

Please visit the Memorial Scrolls Trust website for more information and educational resources.