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This is a '''timeline of women [[hazzan]]s (also called cantors) worldwide.'''▼
* 1884: [[Julie Rosewald]], called “Cantor Soprano” by her congregation, became America’s first female cantor, serving San Francisco’s Temple Emanu-El from 1884 until 1893, although she was not ordained. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/blog/Julie-Rosewald|title=Julie Rosewald: America's first woman cantor|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/short_takes/forgotten_woman_cantor_julie_rosewald_now_getting_her_due|title=The Forgotten Woman Cantor: Julie Rosewald Now Getting Her Due - The Jewish Week|work=The Jewish Week|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> She was born in Germany. <ref>http://americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/PDF/2010_62_02_00_pinnolis.pdf</ref> ▼
▲* 1884: [[Julie Rosewald]], called
* 1955: [[Betty Robbins]], born in Greece, became the first female cantor to serve in the twentieth century in America (although she was not ordained) when she was hired at Temple Avodah in Oceanside, New York.
* Mid-1950s: [[Esther Ghan Firestone]] became the first female cantor in Canada, although she was not ordained.<ref>{{cite
* 1975: [[Barbara Ostfeld|Barbara Ostfeld-Horowitz]] became the first ordained female cantor in Jewish history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/women-cantors/|title=Women Cantors}}</ref>
* 1978: [[Mindy Jacobsen]] became the first blind woman to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accantors.org/acc/node/636 |title=Overcoming the Odds: Cantor Mindy F. Jacobsen | American Conference of Cantors |publisher=[[American Conference of Cantors]]
* 1978: [[Linda Rich]] became the first female cantor to sing in a Conservative synagogue (specifically Temple Beth Zion in Los Angeles) in 1978, although she was not ordained until 1996 when she finally received her ordination of "Hazzan Minister" from the "Jewish Theological Seminary" in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/20080301/conservative-female-cantor-fits-in|title=Conservative Female Cantor Fits In|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News;http://www.dailynews.com|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=
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* 1982: [[Women Cantors Network]], an international outreach support group for female cantors, which works for the nationwide recognition and employment of qualified female cantors, was founded in 1982 by cantor [[Deborah Katchko-Zimmerman]], who was the granddaughter of a prominent cantor (Adolph Katchko), and who was trained privately by her father, also a cantor.<ref name=heskes>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Heskes|first=Irene|title=Cantors: American Jewish Women|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/cantors-american-jewish-women|encyclopedia=Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|accessdate=7 April 2013|date=1 March 2009}}</ref><ref name=schackman>{{cite web|last=Schackman|first=Maxine|title=Carrying on a family tradition|url=http://faujsa.fau.edu/blog/tag/women-cantors-network/|work=Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries|accessdate=7 April 2013|date=31 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=wcn>{{cite web|title=The Women Cantors' Network|url=http://www.womencantors.net/|accessdate=7 April 2013}}</ref>
* 1990: The [[Cantors Assembly]], an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism, began allowing women to join.<ref>{{cite news|url=
* 1993: [[Leslie Friedlander]] became the first female cantor ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion (New York).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf |title=Hazzans Hit The High Notes:The Rise In Women Cantors |publisher=
* 1998: [[Rebecca Garfein]], born in Tallahassee, Florida, became the first female cantor to preside in a German synagogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rodephsholom.org/about/clergy/cantor-garfein/|title=Cantor Rebecca Garfein|
[[File:Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl (8575188810) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|Hazzan and rabbi [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]]]]
* 1999: [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]], born in South Korea, became the first [[Asian American|Asian-American]] person to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |title="Troublemaker" Women Honored, Receive Ivy | auburn |publisher=Auburnseminary.org |date=2009-08-22 |accessdate=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023419/http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/16/1999/angela-warnick-buchdahl/ |title=This Week in History - Angela Warnick Buchdahl invested as first Asian-American cantor | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date=1999-05-16 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/135589/women-s-history-month--unique-rabbi-cantor-follows-her-own-melody|title=Women's History Month: Unique Rabbi-Cantor Follows Her Own Melody|publisher=
* 2001: [[Hazzan Deborah Davis|Deborah Davis]] became the first cantor of either sex (and therefore, since she was female, the first female cantor) in Humanistic Judaism; however, Humanistic Judaism has since stopped graduating cantors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmwc.org/Women/womend.html |title=Contributions of Jewish Women to Music and Women to Jewish Music |date=
* 2002: [[Sharon Hordes]] was ordained as [[Reconstructionist Judaism]]'s first cantor in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/cantors-american-jewish-women|title=Cantors: American Jewish Women|website=Jewish Women's Archive|date=23 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenesethisrael.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=43 |title=Cantor Sharon Hordes |publisher=Kenesethisrael.com |accessdate=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713142907/http://www.kenesethisrael.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=43 |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
* 2002: [[Avitall Gerstetter]] became the first female cantor in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/europe/1024928.stm |title=Programmes | Crossing Continents | Europe | Jewish Berlin rises again - with Russian help |
* 2006: [[Susan Wehle]] became the first American female cantor in Jewish Renewal in 2006;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://levinejudaica.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=0_33_148_712&products_id=11396 |title=Cantorial/Hazzanut/Liturgical - CD Cantor Susan Wehle OB"M Songs of Healing & Hope | J. Levine Books & Judaica | |publisher=Levinejudaica.com |date=2005-07-26 |accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Jalda Rebling]], born in Amsterdam, became the first openly lesbian cantor ordained by Jewish Renewal.<ref name="jta">{{cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Toby |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/14879/Newfemalecantorin |title=New Renewal cantor looks ahead | JTA - Jewish & Israel News |publisher=JTA |date=1999-11-30 |accessdate=2012-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130415065937/http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/14879/Newfemalecantorin |archivedate=2013-04-15 }}</ref>▼
* 2009: [[Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar]], who was born in Iran, became the first [[Persian people|Persian]] woman to be ordained as a cantor in America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ajrca.org/alumni/cantor-tannoz-bahremand-forunzanfar/ |title=Cantor Tannoz Bahremand Forunzanfar; Academy for Jewish Religion, California |publisher=Ajrca.org |accessdate=August 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320041940/http://ajrca.org/alumni/cantor-tannoz-bahremand-forunzanfar/ |archivedate=March 20, 2013 }}</ref>▼
* 2013: [[Nancy Abramson]] became the first female president of the [[Cantors Assembly]], an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cantors.org/message_from_our_president/|title=Message From Our President; Remarks by hazzan Nancy Abramson on her Installation as President of the Cantors Assembly May 22, 2013
==References==▼
▲* Mid-1950s: [[Esther Ghan Firestone]] became the first female cantor in Canada, although she was not ordained.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lisa Fitterman |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/esther-ghan-firestone-canadas-first-female-cantor-delighted-audiences-with-her-voice/article24867420/?service=mobile |title=Esther Ghan Firestone: Canada’s first female cantor delighted audiences with her voice |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date= |accessdate=2015-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/iphone/homepage.aspx#_article956305901 |title=PressDisplay.com |publisher=PressDisplay.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-11}}</ref>
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▲* 1975: [[Barbara Ostfeld-Horowitz]] became the first female cantor to be ordained in Reform Judaism in 1975.<ref name="jwa.org">{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/cantors-american-jewish-women |title=Cantors: American Jewish Women | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref>
▲* 1978: [[Mindy Jacobsen]] became the first blind woman to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accantors.org/acc/node/636 |title=Overcoming the Odds: Cantor Mindy F. Jacobsen | American Conference of Cantors |publisher=[[American Conference of Cantors]] |date= |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matildaziegler.com/category/feature-writer-romeo/page/4/ |title=When do you Reveal?|author=Romeo Edmead|publisher=Matildaziegler.com;Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind|date= April 5, 2010 |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref><ref name="nycblink1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycblink.com/article/accessible-technology-pioneer-spearheads-efforts-helping-blind-students |title=Brooklyn Ny - Accessible-Technology Pioneer Spearheads Efforts Helping Blind Students |publisher=Nycblink.com |date=2011-10-31 |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref>
▲* 1978: [[Linda Rich]] became the first female cantor to sing in a Conservative synagogue (specifically Temple Beth Zion in Los Angeles) in 1978, although she was not ordained until 1996 when she finally received her ordination of "Hazzan Minister" from the "Jewish Theological Seminary" in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/20080301/conservative-female-cantor-fits-in|title=Conservative Female Cantor Fits In|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News;http://www.dailynews.com|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-02-14/local/me-3218_1_cantors-assembly|title=Seminary Decision Opens Door for Women Cantors|publisher=Los Angeles Times;http://articles.latimes.com|date=February 14, 1987|accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref>
▲* 1990: The [[Cantors Assembly]], an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism, began allowing women to join.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/19/nyregion/a-bar-to-women-as-cantors-is-lifted.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ari L. | last=Goldman | title=A Bar to Women as Cantors Is Lifted | date=September 19, 1990}}</ref>
▲* 1993: [[Leslie Friedlander]] became the first female cantor ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion (New York).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf |title=Hazzans Hit The High Notes:The Rise In Women Cantors|publisher=http://www.pageturnpro.com, Chutzpah magazine, Summer 2012, pg. 57 |accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajrsem.org/2011/04/pre-ordination-benefit-concert-at-merkin-hall/|title=Pre-Ordination Benefit Concert at Merkin Hall on May 11|date=April 7, 2011|publisher=http://ajrsem.org|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref>
▲* 1998: [[Rebecca Garfein]], born in Tallahassee, Florida, became the first female cantor to preside in a German synagogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rodephsholom.org/about/clergy/cantor-garfein/|title=Cantor Rebecca Garfein|publisher=http://rodephsholom.org|date=Between 2009 and 2013|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>
▲* 1999: [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]], born in South Korea, became the first [[Asian American|Asian-American]] person to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |title="Troublemaker" Women Honored, Receive Ivy | auburn |publisher=Auburnseminary.org |date=2009-08-22 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/16/1999/angela-warnick-buchdahl/ |title=This Week in History - Angela Warnick Buchdahl invested as first Asian-American cantor | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date=1999-05-16 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/135589/women-s-history-month--unique-rabbi-cantor-follows-her-own-melody|title=Women's History Month: Unique Rabbi-Cantor Follows Her Own Melody|publisher=http://www.ny1.com|date=March 15, 2011|accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/profiles/angela-buchdahl/|title=Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Angela Warnick Buchdahl|publisher=http://www.pbs.org|accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishtimesasia.org/one-to-one-topmenu-45/angela-warnick-buchdahl |title=Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl - the face of the modern Jew |publisher=Jewishtimesasia.org |date=September 2008 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref name="OURCLERGY">[http://www.centralsynagogue.org/index.php/about_central/our_clergy/buchdahl/ "Our Clergy: Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Senior Cantor"], Central Synagogue Web site</ref><ref name="forward.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/129451/ |title=The Sisterhood 50 – |publisher=Forward.com |date=published July 21, 2010, issue of July 30, 2010|accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref>
▲* 2001: [[Hazzan Deborah Davis|Deborah Davis]] became the first cantor of either sex (and therefore, since she was female, the first female cantor) in Humanistic Judaism; however, Humanistic Judaism has since stopped graduating cantors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmwc.org/Women/womend.html |title=Contributions of Jewish Women to Music and Women to Jewish Music |date=Between 2000 and 2004|publisher=JMWC |accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref>
▲* 2002: [[Avitall Gerstetter]] became the first female cantor in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/europe/1024928.stm |title=Programmes | Crossing Continents | Europe | Jewish Berlin rises again - with Russian help |publisher=BBC News |date=2000-11-15 |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522avitall%2Bgerstetter%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1708%26bih%3D816%26prmd%3Dimvns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&u=http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/archiv/%3Fdig%3D2005/06/06/a0256&usg=ALkJrhgHmTU7X8W-Du1AHMhAsfyq6aq-UQ |title=Google Translate;Music is transcendental |publisher=Translate.googleusercontent.com;TAZ |date=2005-06-06 |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://alephalumni.homestead.com/ |title=alephalumni |publisher=Alephalumni.homestead.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref><ref name="jg-berlin">{{cite web|url=http://www.jg-berlin.org/en/judaism/cantors/avitall-gerstetter.html |title=Avitall Gerstetter - Jewish Community of Berlin |publisher=Jg-berlin.org |date= |accessdate=2012-04-13}}</ref>
▲* 2006: [[Susan Wehle]] became the first American female cantor in Jewish Renewal in 2006;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://levinejudaica.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=0_33_148_712&products_id=11396 |title=Cantorial/Hazzanut/Liturgical - CD Cantor Susan Wehle OB"M Songs of Healing & Hope | J. Levine Books & Judaica | |publisher=Levinejudaica.com |date=2005-07-26 |accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref> however she died in 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/nyregion/15grief.html | work=The New York Times | first=Christine | last=Haughney | title=‘It's Not Even Six Degrees of Separation. It's One.' | date=February 15, 2009}}</ref>
▲* 2007: [[Jalda Rebling]], born in Amsterdam, became the first openly lesbian cantor ordained by Jewish Renewal.<ref name="jta">{{cite web|last=Axelrod |first=Toby |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/14879/Newfemalecantorin |title=New Renewal cantor looks ahead | JTA - Jewish & Israel News |publisher=JTA |date=1999-11-30 |accessdate=2012-04-14}}</ref>
▲* 2009: [[Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar]], who was born in Iran, became the first [[Persian people|Persian]] woman to be ordained as a cantor in America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajrca.org/alumni/cantor-tannoz-bahremand-forunzanfar/ |title=Cantor Tannoz Bahremand Forunzanfar; Academy for Jewish Religion, California |publisher=Ajrca.org |accessdate=August 10, 2013}}</ref>
▲<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cantors.org/message_from_our_president/|title=Message From Our President; Remarks by hazzan Nancy Abramson on her Installation as President of the Cantors Assembly May 22, 2013 |publisher=http://www.cantors.org|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jtsa.edu/Academics/Faculty_Profiles/Cantor_Nancy_Abramson.xml?ID_NUM=11135|title=Cantor Nancy Abramson|publisher=http://www.jtsa.edu|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref>
▲==References==
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