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H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music
• Cantor Nancy Abramson has been appointed director of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School. Her
appointment signals a major reimagining of the school’s curriculum and purpose as
recommended by a recent task force, whose report noted that imaginative and innovative use of
music is a powerful means of leading Jews toward a path of Jewish commitment and crucial
to the reinvigoration of the American synagogue.
Cantor Abramson, who received cantorial education at JTS, is senior vice president of the
Cantors Assembly, the first woman to hold any office in that organization. Under Cantor
Abramson’s visionary leadership, the H. L. Miller Cantorial School will expand its purview and
develop not only to train cantors for the future, but also to undertake more comprehensive
instruction in the arts and practices of music and worship.
• Cantorial student Magda Fishman sang at Jazz at Lincoln Center on October 17, 2010, as one
of the featured performers at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation’s 71st anniversary gala.
THE ZIEGLER SCHOOL OF RABBINIC STUDIES
The Torah gives life to all who serve in its light (Ketubbot 111b).
A RABBINICAL SCHOOL FOR THE HEART, MIND, AND SOUL:
THE ZIEGLER SCHOOL AT A GLANCE
• The Ziegler School is an innovative seminary, renewing the passion of Conservative Judaism
through the dance of Torah, mitzvot, and freedom.
• Academic rigor, personal growth, and spiritual depth are balanced with collective learning
and one-on-one mentoring.
• Ziegler rabbis lead congregations, day schools, religious school programs, chaplaincies,
hospices, and advanced learning programs throughout North America and Israel.
• The Ziegler School significantly impacts the Jewish landscape in four primary areas:
o Training passionate, motivational, and knowledgeable rabbis.
o Using cutting-edge technology to share its inspiring Torah with the entire Jewish world
through its “Walking With” series (www.walkingwith.org), its online classes
(www.zieglerpodcasts.com), and its popular High Holy Day DVD series "Choose Life"
(http://www.ajula.edu/ziegler).
o Participating in the ongoing training and development of Rabbinical Assembly rabbis
already serving in the field. This year the Ziegler School, in conjunction with the
Rabbinical Assembly and AJU’s Graduate School of Nonprofit Management, launched
the highly successful Rabbinic Management Institute. The program is designed to give
rabbis the opportunity to engage in deep, applied educational and professional
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