Yosi Knight

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Yosi is an experienced lawyer and Buncombe County magistrate, having served the public in that capacity for many years. His legal expertise is stellar.

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He has served in the Israeli Defense Forces for two years as a paratrooper and lived in Israel in three kibbutzim. He has taught Hebrew at UNC-Asheville from 1989-1997 when he left to attend law school. He has also been a Cantorial candidate and and has been a leader conducting services for the Chabad. Yosi has also been a sworn Buncombe County Deputy Sheriff.

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Mountain Synagogue is honored to have Yosi as our Spiritual Leader not only for the High Holidays, but for other Shabbat and religious events during the year.