Jaclyn Chernett Explained

Chazan Jaclyn (Jacky) Chernett is a musicologist and lecturer who is Cantor at Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue in Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet.[1] [2] She was ordained as a cantor in 2006, receiving her semikhah from the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in New York and becoming the first female cantor in the United Kingdom.[3]

Chernett is a vice-president of Masorti Judaism in the UK and the founder, in 2017, of the European Academy for Jewish Liturgy (EAJL).[4] [5] She is an Associate member of the London College of Music[6] and received an M.Phil degree in Ethnomusicology in Biblical Chant from City University, London in 1998.[7] [8]

She and her husband live in Edgware.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue. . 5 January 2020. 4 April 2024.
  2. News: 1 August 2017 . Secret Shul Goer (Wolfson, Rina). Secret Shul Goer No 4: Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue . . 4 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Finch, Felicity. 15 September 2006 . Female Chazzan . 4 April 2024 . Woman's Hour. BBC.
  4. Web site: Meet the Team: EAJL's Trustees – Chazan Jacky Chernett . 9 April 2024 . EAJL.
  5. Web site: Chernett . Jaclyn . 11 January 2018 . The European Academy for Jewish Liturgy (EAJL) . 4 April 2024 . Masorti Judaism.
  6. Web site: Heller . Charles . 26 January 2021 . Report COZ 28 . 9 April 2024 . European Academy for Jewish Liturgy.
  7. Web site: Chernett . Jaclyn . Jaclyn Chernett MPhil Thesis . 9 April 2024 . Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive.
  8. Web site: Our chazan, Jaclyn Chernett. 10 April 2024 . Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue.
  9. Web site: Jaclyn Chernett . 4 April 2024 . Beyond Borders.

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