Nancy Abramson Explained

Nancy Abramson was the first female president of the Cantors Assembly, an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism; she took up that office in 2013.[1] [2] She served as cantor for fourteen years at Park Avenue Synagogue, for twelve years at West End Synagogue in Manhattan, and for five years at Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor, New York.[3] [4] She is a member of the Women Cantors Network.[4] In 2011 she became Director of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary. she retired from her role in 2023.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Message From Our President; Remarks by hazzan Nancy Abramson on her Installation as President of the Cantors Assembly May 22, 2013. www.cantors.org. August 23, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130711191545/http://www.cantors.org/message_from_our_president/. July 11, 2013.
  2. Web site: Cantor Nancy Abramson. www.jtsa.edu. August 23, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190625/http://www.jtsa.edu/Academics/Faculty_Profiles/Cantor_Nancy_Abramson.xml?ID_NUM=11135. October 29, 2013.
  3. Web site: Officers and Staff | Cantors Assembly . 2015-06-13 . 2014-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228021239/http://cantors.org/node/89 . dead .
  4. Web site: Jewish Theological Seminary - The Jewish Theological Seminary's H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music Announces New Director—and New Direction . Jtsa.edu . 2011-04-27 . 2015-06-13.
  5. Web site: Cantor Nancy Abramson, shaped by Wisconsin, led cantorial school | Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle .