![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)](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223082134/in-focus_TE-2015-Confirmation-e1434126312513.jpg)
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.](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223082134/in-focus_cantor-scaled.jpg)
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.