It was an afternoon of music at Temple Or Elohim, a community reform congregation in Jericho, on June 12. Cantor David Katz was joined by a group of three women cantors, the Shul Sisters in what was ...

After college, she got to live that dream, spending four years in New York City working in show business. However, it wasn’t what she imagined it was going to be like. “I wasn’t happy,” she said. “The ...

Temple Adat Shalom’s new cantor, Ben Rosner, has a big task ahead — incorporating his own ideas to the Poway synagogue while maintaining the traditions its former cantor established. As a successor to ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In the Jewish tradition, the cantor leads the congregation in song and prayer. For ...

When Julie Berlin interviewed for the cantor job at Shir Ami, she kept hearing that, “Music is really important to us.” Berlin heard it from leaders, and she heard it from members. But she did not ...

Part of a long line of cantors, he led services at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem for 30 years and helped train the next generation. By Joseph Berger Naftali Herstik, whose soulful, resonant tenor ...