Cantors are clergy who elevate
CANTORS ARE CLERGY who bring spiritual, sacred and musical leadership to our 21st century Jewish communities.
Cantors have been integral to Jewish life for over 2500 years.
Cantors give voice to the dreams and aspirations of our people through musical interpretation of Jewish liturgy.
Cantors craft a consistent, musical identity for each of our communities through an intricate blend of ancient chant, musical artistry and modern melody.
Cantors shepherd both families and individuals through all the joys and heartbreaks of the Jewish lifecycle with compassion and sensitivity.
Cantors engage children and adults alike with compelling learning opportunities.
Cantors eagerly collaborate with our clergy partners.
Cantors are trained professionals, supported in community and excellence by the Cantors Assembly.
Cantors are leaders whose primary mission is to ensure that our 21st century Jewish communities will thrive.
OUR MISSION
The Cantors Assembly promotes the profession of the Cantorate, serving our members and their congregations by supporting our colleagues in their roles as vibrant, engaging, vital clergy and musical leaders.
ENDORSEMENTS
The Cantors Assembly [was] the perfect partner in our search for a new cantor. I was delighted both by the professionalism of the CA staff, the quality of their systems, and, of course, the superb chazzan we hired.
Nathaniel G. Lew
President of the Board
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, VT
The help of CA Placement Services personnel was instrumental in setting direction of our Cantorial Search. The CA Placement Services is an obvious place to begin a Cantorial search. The search yielded the absolute perfect candidate for our community!
Edward Levine
Chair, Cantorial Search Committee
B’nai Torah Congregation, Boca Raton, FL
Cantors are masters of the Jewish musical and liturgical tradition and a crucial link between that tradition and the Jews they serve. It is hard to imagine our shul without our cantor's influence, care, mastery and wisdom.
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Senior Rabbi
Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, CA
Listen and Learn with the CA
We offer numerous programs for the professional development of our members, as well as online classes for the general public and concert programs. An archive containing most of our programming can be accessed at the link below.
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LATEST NEWS
Voices for Change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2020 Media Contact: Saul Markowitz, 412-977-8517, saul@markowitzcommunications.com United in Music, Cantors and Black Music...read more →
What Cantors Do!
Cantors G. Michael Horwitz, Steven Hevenstone and Ralph Goren share their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic and ponder what...read more →
Go Platinum, People!
Don't Have a Cow! By Hazzan David Lipp By the time you read this, the event I describe will...read more →
A True Feast of Freedom: Celebrating 100 Years of the Abayudaya
By Hazzan Mike Stein and Hazzan Jeremy Stein Sacred Sound’s Editor’s Note: The Cantors Assembly is excited to introduce...read more →
A Passover Time Machine on the Fifth Floor
By Hazzan Barbara Haimowitz For five years, I worked as clergy in a nursing home in Riverdale, New York. Every...read more →
Bein Kodesh L’khol
(Under "Project Selection", choose "Jeremy Stein's Havdalah CD". See below for list of donor levels and participating camps.) ...read more →
Safe On The Shore
Dear friends, On behalf of the Cantors Assembly Foundation, we are thrilled to invite you to participate in the...read more →
Cantors Assembly Launches New Logo and Website In Anticipation Of 75th Anniversary
In anticipation of its upcoming 75th Anniversary in 2022, the Cantors Assembly has launched a rebranding effort beginning with...read more →
Vayak’hel, Vayikra and the Power of Vav
There are fewer ironies more stark than the recent confluence of parshiyot with the required physical isolation of our...read more →
Musical Mission Captured in New Abayudaya Haggadah
In 2007 I travelled to Uganda to visit my good friend Rabbi Gershom Sizomu and his family. Gershom had...read more →
Abayudaya Unity Concert Raises Over $55,000 To Feed Starving Ugandan Jews During COVID-19 Lockdown
May 1, 2020 was the day I discovered that, as bad as things were here in the States with...read more →
Carlebach Is My Name, Too
Originally published in The Times of Israel, this article was inspired by Ms. Carlebach's participation in our recent "Reframing...read more →
From Chains to Change
From Chains to Change Virtual Choir We are so glad you have decided to be a part of this...read more →
Yom Yerushalayim
A joyous celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, featuring over thirty Cantors from across North...read more →
Our Jewish Ugandan brothers and sisters are starving. Please help us help them.
If you knew that friends at another local synagogue had been stricken by some kind of catastrophe--hurricane, flood, earthquake,...read more →
Virtual Seder Webinar Replay Now Available
With apologies to all those who attempted to login but were turned away from today's session, we wanted to...read more →
Confined by Coronavirus? Where You Can Find Services Online
Though COVID-19 has forced us out of our shuls, it can't stop us from davening, from singing and from...read more →