Avitall Gerstetter

Avitall Gerstetter (Hebrew: אביטל גרסטטר‎; born 1972 [1]) is the first female hazzan (cantor) in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany.[2][3] She was ordained in 2002.[4][5] She served as a cantor in Berlin together with cantor Mimi Sheffer and Rabbi Daniela Thau; this was the first time after the Holocaust that women had led the services of the High Holy Days.[6] In 2007 Avitall was awarded the title of ‘Ambassador for Tolerance’ by the Bündnis for Demokratie und Toleranz of the German government.[7] She serves as cantor in the Oranienburger Straße Synagogue and in the Hüttenweg Synagogue in Berlin, and has created several CDs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Institute of Sacred Music | Colloquium Journal". Yale.edu. 2005-07-08. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Programmes | Crossing Continents | Europe | Jewish Berlin rises again - with Russian help". BBC News. 2000-11-15. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Google Translate". Translate.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  4. ↑ "alephalumni". Alephalumni.homestead.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  5. 1 2 "Avitall Gerstetter - Jewish Community of Berlin". Jg-berlin.org. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  6. ↑ Jüdische Nachrichten. "Jewish Women - Rabbi on the Margin". Hagalil.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  7. ↑ "Berliner Jugendforum - : Häuser und Demokratie". Polli-magazin.de. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
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