Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor

Jenni Asher will become the first Black American woman ordained as a cantor — and one of only two Black cantors in the country – when she graduates next year.

Jenni Asher works at Hamakom, a Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, while studying at the Academy for Jewish Religion California to become a cantor. When she is ordained, she will be the first Black woman cantor in the United States.

(photo credit: ARJUN RAMESH/JTA)

ByANDREW ESENSTEN/JTA, SHOSHANA MCKINNEY KIRYA-ZIRABA/JTA

FEBRUARY 28, 2024 05:43

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