Hazzan Deborah Davis

Deborah Davis is the first hazzan (also called cantor) of either sex (and therefore, since she is female, the first female hazzan) in Humanistic Judaism.[1][2] She was ordained in 2001.[3] She is the lead singer of (and a founder of) the Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble, which she also named.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060924/news_lz1a24singing.html
  2. ↑ http://www.jmwc.org/Women/womend.html
  3. ↑ http://sandiegojewishworld.com/2007-sdjw/2007-07%20sdjw/2007-07-23monday84/2007-07-23monday84.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060924/news_lz1a24singing.html
  5. ↑ http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/usa/california/san_diego/sd_humanist_jewish_cong/19990416-san_diego_humanists.htm