“In this touching and meaningful story, the young girl grounds herself in singing and a love for making music in the synagogue.”
Rabbi Sandy Sasso’s book tells the story of the first woman ordained as a cantor, Barbara Ostfeld. In this touching and meaningful story, the young girl grounds herself in singing and a love for making music in the synagogue. Through determination and a strong will, Barbara succeeds in cantorial school and in her career as a cantor by finding her own, female voice. Cantor Ostfeld’s commitment to use her own voice inspires us all to find how our contributions fit into Jewish life and the world.
–Mark Kligman, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology, Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Director of Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience