Cantors
Attendees enjoy a June 8 concert featuring cantors, choirs and other dedicated singers. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
June 11, 2026, 5:18 pm
‘Psalm Enchanted Evening’: Interfaith voices join in song at Cantors Assembly gathering
Music’s ability to move people and tell stories cuts across 'so many different backgrounds and religions'
By Adam Reinherz
Officers and representatives of the Cantors Assembly will descend on Pittsburgh next month. (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers)
May 21, 2026, 9:05 am
Music, prayer and community: Cantors Assembly makes Pittsburgh debut
The 200 professionals arriving here from across the globe represent 'some of the most talented, amazing people on this planet'
By Adam Reinherz
Coming soon to a seder near you. (Photo by Nataly Hanin via iStock)
March 23, 2026, 11:42 am
Pittsburgh Jewish leaders urge hope, openness this Passover
Holiday is about refraining from despair and embracing idea that 'things can change and that we can go towards liberation and justice'
By Adam Reinherz
From left: Cantors Kalix Jacobson, Jordan Goldstein and Ze’evi Tovlev (Photo courtesy of Kalix Jacobson)
November 10, 2025, 1:51 pm
Pittsburgh to host transgender cantorial concert
We Remember will take place at The Rotunda Collaborative, the former site of B’nai Israel synagogue.
By Emma Riva
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers. (Photo by Abigail Hakas)
May 23, 2025, 1:26 pm
Tree of Life’s Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers named Cantors Assembly president
'I've got one foot in the past — in the tradition of the cantor of Eastern Europe — and I'd like to think that I have one foot straddling the line between present and future'
By Adam Reinherz
Pittsburgh's spiritual guides want celebrants to avoid spending this holiday in the dark. (Photo by cottonbro studio via Pexels)
April 7, 2025, 4:39 pm
Passover advice from Pittsburgh’s spiritual leaders: Be intentional and thoughtful
'Passover, and the story contained within the Haggadah, is our people's oscillating family narrative that helps us realize nothing is impossible'
By Adam Reinherz
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov/)
March 5, 2024, 2:52 pm
Pittsburgh clergy deliver open letter to Rep. Summer Lee, denounce politician’s response to antisemitism
Congresswoman's 'divisive' words and actions prompt local Jewish spiritual leaders to unite
By Adam Reinherz
A High Holiday greeting from the Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of Pittsburgh and Vicinity, published in the Jewish Criterion, Sept. 7, 1945 [Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project].
March 1, 2023, 10:23 am
Fellow-feeling personalities
An appeal from the Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of Pittsburgh.
By Eric Lidji
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