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TI Welcomes a Cantorial Intern
TEMPLE ISRAEL WELCOMES A CANTORIAL INTERN
By Rabbi Elaine Zecher and Cantor Roy Einhorn
In cooperation with the Hebrew Union College’s Tisch/Star Fellowship, Temple Israel will welcome rising third year cantorial student, Sarah Grabiner, to spend the summer with our congregation. This prestigious fellowship pairs remarkable and talented student rabbis and one cantor with synagogues who model visionary, transformative, and creative Jewish life. Rabbis Matthew Soffer and Jen Gubitz also received this significant fellowship when they were in rabbinical school.
Sarah has already excelled in scholarship and musical talent. She received her undergraduate education at Hertford College at the University of Oxford, England with first-class honors degree in Hebrew Studies, with a focus on Aramaic and Modern Jewish Thought. Already the recipient of many academic awards, Sarah has served as the student cantor at Temple Avodat Shalom in River Edge, New Jersey where she led services and worked with their choirs and religious school. She also held the title of Music Engagement Worker at Finchley Reform Synagogue in London. Last summer, Sarah participated in an internship splitting her time between Truah, the Jewish clergy network for human rights and social justice, teaching Jewish texts and community organizing, and the Women’s Prison Association in
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Brooklyn, NY, working as a research intern. This year, she gathered recordings of different prayers and blessings for a new educational app currently in production with the Central Conference of American Rabbis Press as well as co-editing a revised edition of a commentary and study guide for the Shabbat service. We feel fortunate to have her with us this summer.
As we welcome Sarah at the beginning of June through the middle of August, there will be many opportunities to meet her. She will help to lead services, create a summer choir, teach Torah study, work on some special projects, and learn from our gifted and insightful members, staff, and clergy. We look forward to experiencing her many gifts and know that she will bring her own wisdom and insight to our congregational life. Please join us this summer in welcoming Sarah to our congregational family.
