Timeline of women hazzans explained

This is a timeline of women hazzans (also called cantors) worldwide.

• 1884: Julie Rosewald, called "Cantor Soprano" by her congregation, became America's first female cantor, serving San Francisco's Temple Emanu-El from 1884 until 1893, although she was not ordained.^{[1] [2]} She was born in Germany.^[3]
• 1955: Betty Robbins, born in Greece, became the first female cantor to serve in the twentieth century in America (although she was not ordained) when she was hired at Temple Avodah in Oceanside, New York.^[4]
• Mid-1950s: Esther Ghan Firestone became the first female cantor in Canada, although she was not ordained.^{[5] [6]}
• 1975: Barbara Ostfeld-Horowitz became the first ordained female cantor in Jewish history.^[7]
• 1978: Mindy Jacobsen became the first blind woman to be ordained as a cantor.^{[8] [9] [10]}
• 1978: Linda Rich became the first female cantor to sing in a Conservative synagogue (specifically Temple Beth Zion in Los Angeles) in 1978, although she was not ordained until 1996 when she finally received her ordination of "Hazzan Minister" from the "Jewish Theological Seminary" in New York.^{[11] [12]}
• 1987: Erica Lippitz and Marla Rosenfeld Barugel became the first female cantors in Conservative Judaism.^[13]
• 1982: Women Cantors Network, an international outreach support group for female cantors, which works for the nationwide recognition and employment of qualified female cantors, was founded in 1982 by cantor Deborah Katchko-Zimmerman, who was the granddaughter of a prominent cantor (Adolph Katchko), and who was trained privately by her father, also a cantor.^{[14] [15] [16]}
• 1990: The Cantors Assembly, an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism, began allowing women to join.^[17]
• 1993: Leslie Friedlander became the first female cantor ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion (New York).^{[18] [19]}
• 1998: Rebecca Garfein, born in Tallahassee, Florida, became the first female cantor to preside in a German synagogue.^[20]

• 1999: Angela Warnick Buchdahl, born in South Korea, became the first Asian-American person to be ordained as a cantor.^{[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]}
• 2001: Deborah Davis became the first cantor of either sex (and therefore, since she was female, the first female cantor) in Humanistic Judaism; however, Humanistic Judaism has since stopped graduating cantors.^[28]
• 2002: Sharon Hordes was ordained as Reconstructionist Judaism's first cantor in 2002.^{[29] [30]}
• 2002: Avitall Gerstetter became the first female cantor in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany.^{[31] [32] [33] [34]}
• 2006: Susan Wehle became the first American female cantor in Jewish Renewal in 2006;^[35] she died in 2009.^[36]
• 2007: Jalda Rebling, born in Amsterdam, became the first openly lesbian cantor ordained by Jewish Renewal.^[37]
• 2009: Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar, who was born in Iran, became the first Persian woman to be ordained as a cantor in America.^[38]
• 2013: Nancy Abramson became the first female president of the Cantors Assembly, an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism.^{[39] [40]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Julie Rosewald: America's first woman cantor. 6 October 2014.
2. Web site: The Forgotten Woman Cantor: Julie Rosewald Now Getting Her Due - The Jewish Week. The Jewish Week. 6 October 2014.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-14 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023535/http://americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/PDF/2010_62_02_00_pinnolis.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Betty Robbins | Jewish Women's Archive . Jwa.org . 2015-06-11.
5. News: Lisa Fitterman . Esther Ghan Firestone: Canada's first female cantor delighted audiences with her voice . The Globe and Mail . 8 June 2015. 2015-06-11.
6. Web site: PressDisplay.com . PressDisplay.com . 2015-06-11.
7. Web site: Women Cantors.
8. Web site: Overcoming the Odds: Cantor Mindy F. Jacobsen | American Conference of Cantors . . 2011-11-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422000939/http://www.accantors.org/acc/node/636 . 2012-04-22 .
9. Web site: When do you Reveal?. Romeo Edmead. Matildaziegler.com;Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind. April 5, 2010. 2011-11-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425143135/http://www.matildaziegler.com/category/feature-writer-romeo/page/4/. April 25, 2012.
10. Web site: Brooklyn Ny - Accessible-Technology Pioneer Spearheads Efforts Helping Blind Students . Nycblink.com . 2011-10-31 . 2011-11-06.
11. Web site: Conservative Female Cantor Fits In. Los Angeles Daily News;http://www.dailynews.com. 2008-02-29. 2012-07-09.
12. Web site: Seminary Decision Opens Door for Women Cantors. Los Angeles Times;https://www.latimes.com/. February 14, 1987. 2012-07-09.
13. Web site: Cantors: American Jewish Women | Jewish Women's Archive . Jwa.org . 2012-07-09.
14. Encyclopedia: Heskes. Irene. Cantors: American Jewish Women. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. 7 April 2013. 1 March 2009.
15. Web site: Schackman. Maxine. Carrying on a family tradition. Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries. 7 April 2013. 31 May 2011.
16. Web site: The Women Cantors' Network. 7 April 2013.
17. News: A Bar to Women as Cantors Is Lifted . The New York Times . Ari L. . Goldman . September 19, 1990.
18. Web site: Hazzans Hit The High Notes:The Rise In Women Cantors . pageturnpro.com, Chutzpah magazine, Summer 2012, pg. 57 . August 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019124710/http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf . October 19, 2013 .
19. Web site: Pre-Ordination Benefit Concert at Merkin Hall on May 11. April 7, 2011. ajrsem.org. August 23, 2013.
20. Web site: Cantor Rebecca Garfein. rodephsholom.org. September 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009185631/http://rodephsholom.org/about/clergy/cantor-garfein . 2014-10-09.
21. Web site: "Troublemaker" Women Honored, Receive Ivy | auburn . Auburnseminary.org . 2009-08-22 . 2012-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023419/http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 . 2011-07-25 .
22. Web site: This Week in History - Angela Warnick Buchdahl invested as first Asian-American cantor | Jewish Women's Archive . Jwa.org . 1999-05-16 . 2012-02-09.
23. Web site: Women's History Month: Unique Rabbi-Cantor Follows Her Own Melody. ny1.com. March 15, 2011. August 11, 2013.
24. Web site: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Angela Warnick Buchdahl. www.pbs.org. August 11, 2013.
25. Web site: Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl - the face of the modern Jew . Jewishtimesasia.org . September 2008 . 2012-02-09.
26. http://www.centralsynagogue.org/index.php/about_central/our_clergy/buchdahl/ "Our Clergy: Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Senior Cantor"
27. Web site: The Sisterhood 50 – . 22 July 2010 . Forward.com . July 21, 2010 . July 30, 2010. 2012-02-09.
28. Web site: Contributions of Jewish Women to Music and Women to Jewish Music . 2000–2004 . JMWC . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160512020657/http://www.jmwc.org/Women/womend.html . 2016-05-12 .
29. Web site: Cantors: American Jewish Women. Jewish Women's Archive. 23 June 2021 .
30. Web site: Cantor Sharon Hordes . Kenesethisrael.com . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713142907/http://www.kenesethisrael.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=43 . 2011-07-13 .
31. News: Programmes | Crossing Continents | Europe | Jewish Berlin rises again - with Russian help . BBC News . 2000-11-15 . 2012-04-13.
32. Web site: Google Translate;Music is transcendental . Translate.googleusercontent.com;TAZ . 2005-06-06 . 2012-04-13.
33. Web site: alephalumni . Alephalumni.homestead.com . 2012-04-13.
34. Web site: Avitall Gerstetter - Jewish Community of Berlin . Jg-berlin.org . 2012-04-13.
35. Web site: Cantorial/Hazzanut/Liturgical - CD Cantor Susan Wehle OB"M Songs of Healing & Hope | J. Levine Books & Judaica | . Levinejudaica.com . 2005-07-26 . 2012-07-09.
36. News: 'It's Not Even Six Degrees of Separation. It's One.' . The New York Times . Christine . Haughney . February 15, 2009.
37. Web site: Axelrod . Toby . New Renewal cantor looks ahead | JTA - Jewish & Israel News . JTA . 1999-11-30 . 2012-04-14 . dead . https://archive.today/20130415065937/http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/14879/Newfemalecantorin . 2013-04-15 .
38. Web site: Cantor Tannoz Bahremand Forunzanfar; Academy for Jewish Religion, California . Ajrca.org . August 10, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130320041940/http://ajrca.org/alumni/cantor-tannoz-bahremand-forunzanfar/ . March 20, 2013 .
39. Web site: Message From Our President; Remarks by hazzan Nancy Abramson on her Installation as President of the Cantors Assembly May 22, 2013. cantors.org. August 23, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130711191545/http://www.cantors.org/message_from_our_president/. July 11, 2013.
40. Web site: Cantor Nancy Abramson. 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.