Educate and Engage -or- Why I Decided Not to Become a Cantor

By Miriam Roochvarg November 19, 2014

When I was younger I used to tell my dad that I wanted to be a Cantor someday. I learned how to read Torah, lead services, and my singing voice was not too shabby, either. Then, I went off to a Jewish boarding school and my view of what Judaism’s involvement in my life would…

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Bar Rafaeli is awesome; why ordaining cantors matters; Shmitah and our economy; and more. [Required Reading]

By John Propper May 2, 2012

Topless Bar Rafaeli jumps around. Or something. [Daily Mail] You’ve already clicked away, haven’t you? Ordaining cantors and why it matters [Jewish Journal] Recent news that the Hebrew Union College (the U.S. Reform seminary) would begin ordaining cantors, rather than “investing” them was met with a bit of a question mark from many. (At least, from what…

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