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by Cantor Aviva Marer
“And what do you and your friends like to do in your spare time?” I asked him. “We hang out…oh, and I run a charity.” I paused. Did this little 13-year-old boy just tell me that he runs a charity in his spare time? It was our first Bar Mitzvah lesson together and I decided to use our 20-minute session
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New York, NY and Schaumburg, IL – August 20, 2015 – The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) today announced that the ACC is assuming ownership of Transcontinental Music Publications (TMP), the largest North American provider of Jewish music.
Under the new arrangement, Reform
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by Cantor Faryn Rudnick
Tzedek, tzedek tirdof. Justice, justice, you shall pursue. This famous verse from Deuteronomy 16 is at the center of much of Jewish ideology. But how does one pursue justice? What does it take to pursue justice? And on what level can one individual pursue justice? More often than not, the answer is simply
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SCHAUMBURG, IL: The American Conference of Cantors (ACC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the professional growth and development of cantors in the Reform Movement, has installed an openly gay cantor as the next president of the Conference. Cantor Mark C. Goldman of Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El in Plantation, Florida, has begun his term as
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The American Conference of Cantors, by unanimous proclamation, voted during their June 30, 2013, Executive Board meeting, to sponsor and support the Women of the Wall 25th anniversary mission with a donation of $1,000.
Cantor Jennifer Frost, member of the planning team, commented, "I am so excited to take this back the core team. They
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