[HANASHIR:4898] Re: Cantorial qualifications

[Rabbi Richard Schachet <lvrabbi...>]

Holly and others:

I believe U.J. in L.A. has and The Academy For Jewish Religion, is starting
in L.A. will have Cantorial training programs.  It's not the Reform
movement, but that now, possibly, becomes an imputes (sp?) for them to
expand.
-----Original Message-----
From: Holly <holly (at) hollymusic(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: 11/mm/2000 9:58 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:4897] Re: Cantorial qualifications


>Jonathan,
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>Point well taken.  However, I believe that the real problem is not about
>whether or not a cantor should be rigorously educated.  The real problem is
>the lack of opportunity for that training.  The HUC only offers the
>training in New York, which is an insurmountable obstacle for many people
>who would otherwise sign up.  Rabbis get three choices, New York,
>Cincinnati and Los Angeles, but cantoral candidates have no other choice.
>I would not mind living in NY (if I could possibly afford it while in
>school full time) but my husband hates New York.  He loves Cincinnati and
>can tolerate Los Angeles (where we live now), but there's no opportunity
>for training at those HUC schools.
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>So, everyone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a feeling that more
>people who gladly undergo the rigors of training if there were more than
>one place to get it.   I know it's not everyone's argument, but it's the
>argument/obstacle for alot of us.
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>Holly
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