cantors

Jewish Life Stories: George Berci, 103, the Holocaust survivor who revolutionized surgery

Notable Jews who died this month include a beloved Philadelphia cantor, Poland’s first Progressive rabbi since the Shoah, and the longtime pianist and songwriter for Sha Na Na.

Cantors and musicians perform at the annual Hanukkah event of the Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Dec. 22, 2019. (Eduardus Lee)

How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall decades after the Holocaust

A cantor from New York who works in tech is behind the recent revival of a holiday tradition that the Nazis had halted for 70 years.

Seasons without song: How Jews are adapting to the sudden disappearance of communal singing

Singing together is a centerpiece of Jewish experience. It’s also dangerous during the coronavirus pandemic.

Obituaries

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

Culture

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

Ideas

The North American cantorate is alive, well and thriving

Obituaries

Rabbi Morton Leifman, longtime dean of JTS cantors’ school, dies at 89

Lifestyle

As congregations shrink, cantors become rabbis — and work as both

Culture

If Your Cantor Were a Rock Star He Would Sound Like This

Israel

Don’t expand settlements, rabbis and students write to Bibi

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