The Westside community is invited to join University Synagogue in Brentwood for Shabbat Services on Friday, Aug. 1 at 6:30 pm to welcome its new Senior Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro.
Cantor Shapiro has succeeded Cantor Jay Frailich as new Senior Cantor at University Synagogue, and the congregation is excited to start this new chapter with her.
Cantor Shapiro was awarded a Masters of Sacred Music and Cantorial Investiture from the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in May, 2003. She previously served Temple Sholom in Broomall, PA and Congregation Adas Emuno, Leonia, New Jersey.
Cantor Shapiro has appeared in concert with the American Conference of Cantors at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, Italy. Cantor Shapiro is involved in interfaith dialogue through Sacred Heart University’s Center for Christian Jewish Understanding.
Cantor Shapiro has been an invited guest lecturer at the Hebrew Union College, NYU’s Ireland House and Trinity College, Dublin.
Originally from West Hartford, Connecticut, she graduated with a B.A. in English from Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and then pursued further study at the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut.
During her academic career she was awarded various scholarships and prizes. Cantor Shapiro served as the Vice President of Member Relations and External Partnerships, and now chairs the Ethics Committee, of the American Conference of Cantors.
University Synagogue is located at 11960 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.unisyn.org.
