Coordinator of the Cantorial Certification Program, Ellen Dreskin

Cantor Ellen Dreskin

Cantor Ellen Dreskin is an innovative leader in today’s reform movement.  Her expertise extends from music to synagogue transformation, from experiential education to enlivened liturgy and mysticism.   She has worked as a scholar-in-residence with Jews of all denominations from Houston to Chicago and Los Angeles to Boston, has served as Cantor and Educator for congregations in Cleveland and New York, and has taught for many years on the faculty of URJ Summer Kallot, Hava Nashira, and the URJ Kutz Camp Leadership Academy.  Ellen is graduate of HUC-JIR Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music, has a Master’s Degree in Jewish Communal Service from Brandeis University, and is proud to have received her honorary Doctorate of Music from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. She is currently the Coordinator of the Cantorial Certification Program at the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR in New York. 

Ellen Dreskin is married to Rabbi Billy Dreskin, and is extremely proud of their joint projects:  Katie, Jonah (z”l), and Aiden.

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