In Focus

In Focus 6.12.15

Back row: Michael Gibson, Sarah Jones, Joshua Arden, Kacie Bauer, Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon, Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Cantorial Soloist Marjorie Hochberg. Front row: Gabriel Cohon, Isabella Brody, Dalya Parker, Meghan Ramirez, Athena Focazio-Moran, Rebecca Bauer (Joe Steiner)
Back row: Michael Gibson, Sarah Jones, Joshua Arden, Kacie Bauer, Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon, Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Cantorial Soloist Marjorie Hochberg. Front row: Gabriel Cohon, Isabella Brody, Dalya Parker, Meghan Ramirez, Athena Focazio-Moran, Rebecca Bauer (Joe Steiner)

Temple Emanu-El confirmation

Temple Emanu-El’s 5775 confirmation class led the Shabbat evening service on Friday, May 22.

 

 

 

 

Music of the Night

Cantor Janece Cohen and her father, Seneca Erman, lead the Havdallah ceremony at the Music of the Night event.
Cantor Janece Cohen and her father, Seneca Erman, lead the Havdallah ceremony at the Music of the Night event.

On May 9, Congregation Or Chadash honored Cantor Janece Cohen on the 25th anniversary of her ordination as a cantor and the receipt of her doctorate of sacred music, honoris causa, from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Over 190 people attended the event at Skyline Country Club, which featured live music and dancing, dinner, a silent auction and tributes, along with a performance by Cohen and her colleague and friend, Cantor Ilan Davidson of Temple Beth El in San Pedro, Calif.