Guitar-slinging Cantor Stuart Simon retires after 40 years on the pulpit of Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation. Cantor Stuart Simon has sung the prayer Adon Olam to hundreds of melodies over his ...

A one-of-a-kind event at Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach Thursday will bring together three show tune-singing cantors for an evening of music and reflection. "Cantors in Concert," which begins at 7 p.m.

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 ...

There’s that misconception, cantor Julie Berlin says, that all she does is sing — or lead singing — at Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services at Temple Solel in Paradise Valley. But the ...

Musician Jeremiah Lockwood hopes to introduce the world to a new music scene bubbling in Brooklyn. A group of Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn is reviving the golden age of cantorial music Jeremiah Lockwood ...

Cantor Jen Cohen, now in her 15th year at Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, grew to enjoy Zoom services during the pandemic: She led songs and prayers over the digital connection from her ...

It's an overwhelming annual challenge, both musically and spiritually. For Jewish cantors, the High Holy Days are a tense time. "It is, first of all, an awesome responsibility to be a messenger of ...

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 ...