Joel Pressman, cantor and performing arts teacher, dies at 63
Jewish Journal
November 20, 2013
Joel Pressman, a cantor and longtime performing arts teacher at Beverly Hills High School, died on Nov. 18. He was 63.
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The value of voice
Jewish Journal
September 12, 2012
As we prepare for the High Holy Days, we often do not consider one aspect of ourselves, our voice. I’m taking about our actual vocal cords; our means of producing sound.
What’s in a word? For ‘ordained’ rather than ‘invested’ cantors, a lot
Jewish Journal
May 1, 2012
What’s the difference between investiture and ordination? Plenty, say officials at the Reform movement’s Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, which has announced that for the first time since establishing its cantorial school in 1948, it will ordain rather than invest its graduating class of cantors.
Pasadena temple gets Argentina’s first woman cantor
Ryan E. Smith
September 14, 2011
Cantor Ruth Berman Harris has been earning paychecks for leading services since she was 15, years before a cantorial school even existed in her native Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cantor advises Weiner to ‘come clean’ in Twitter flap
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2011
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the Republican majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, called on Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to \”come clean\” about a controversy over a lewd photo. Cantor made his comments in a television interview on Thursday, as Weiner endured a fourth day on the receiving end of questions about a photo of a man in his underwear that was sent from his Twitter account. The photo was sent to a 21-year-old female college student who is a Twitter follower of Weiner\’s.
Man who threatened Cantor gets 2 years
Jewish Journal
April 8, 2011
A man who threatened to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), speaking of his \”final Yom Kippur,\” was sentenced to two years in prison. The Washington Post on Friday quoted prosecutors as saying Norman LeBoon, 33, of Philadelphia, must also complete three years of supervision after his sentence is complete, including no Internet access.
Reform cantorial school named after Debbie Friedman
Jewish Journal
January 28, 2011
The Reform movement’s cantorial school has been named after the late Debbie Friedman.
Obama remark misinterpreted, Cantor spokesman says
Jewish Journal
November 15, 2010
U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor\’s promise that the new GOP majority will \”serve as a check\” on the Obama administration was \”not in relation to U.S.-Israel relations,\” his spokesman said.
Giffords ekes out victory, Altschuler in play
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2010
Two Jewish congressional hopefuls — a Democratic incumbent and a Republican seeking his first term — may have won seats by narrow margins.
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