Deborah Davis (hazzan) explained

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.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scher . Valerie . 'Singing that music was like a homecoming' | The San Diego Union-Tribune . Utsandiego.com . 2006-09-24 . 2016-06-02.
2. Web site: Contributions of Jewish Women to Music and Women to Jewish Music . JMWC.org . 2016-06-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160512020657/http://www.jmwc.org/Women/womend.html . 2016-05-12 .
3. Web site: Nancy Harrison . San Diego Jewish World~July 23-issue 84 . San Diego Jewish World. 2016-06-02.
4. Web site: Don Harrison . Synagogue Profile of San Diego Humanistic Jewish Congregation . Jewishsightseeing.com . 1999-04-16 . 2016-06-02.