Dec 04 2007
Hazzan Note – December 2007
In August of 1955, the front page of the New York Times reported the story of Betty Robbins, the world’s first female cantor. Mrs. Sheldon Robbins, as the story refers to her, was unanimously elected by her Reform temple in Oceanside, NY, to lead the Rosh Hashana evening Service in the fall of 1955. It [...]
