cantors

Cantor Sherwood Goffin, who served Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue for 50 years, dies

He performed until 1995 in venues throughout North America, and in South Africa and Israel, including performances at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

By Marcy Oster April 4, 2019 2:57 pm

The Dazzling Way Your Cantor Prays for Competence on the High Holidays

It’s hard out there for a cantor. On any regular week you have to lead a congregation in prayers, hopefully with a nice voice and a pleasing style. And if that pressure weren’t bad enough, then the High Holidays come around, and you feel like you’re being watched by every Jew within a 100-mile radius. […]

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Opinion

The North American cantorate is alive, well and thriving

Cantors add a unique and spiritual dimension to the worship service that cannot be replicated, writes the president of the American Conference of Cantors.

October 7, 2016 12:15 pm