In one of the most specifically Jewish movies ever made, love triumphs over loneliness
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Film & TV Carol Kane, Robert Smigel and Nathan Silver on how ‘Between the Temples’ is an ode to Jewish questioning and lifelong learning
The new comedy is about a cantor and his adult bat mitzvah student
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Fast Forward Prominent German cantor and opera singer is killed in what police say was a family dispute
A German news site said a son is being held after the death of Nikola David, 55, who had been cantor for Munich’s liberal Congregation Beth Shalom since 2014
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News Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor
Asher will be one of only two Black cantors in the country
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News Avoiding germs, guzzling water, searching their souls: How 5 cantors prep for the High Holidays
For months they have trained for ‘the cantor’s Olympics’
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News Amid a rabbi shortage, some synagogues opt for a cantor instead
More cantors are taking on rabbinical roles, and some are seeking out dual ordination
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Film & TV How a gift for music saved one man from the Nazis
The PBS documentary 'How Saba Kept Singing' tells the affecting tale of Holocaust survivor David Wisnia
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Culture High Holiday event honors the early 20th century Black female cantor
Shahanna McKinney-Baldon channels Madame Goldye Steiner
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