The Cantor (Chazan)

Michel Heymann has entrusted his entire music archives to the EIJM

On December 7, 2022, Michel Heymann has given to the EIJM his entire musical archives accumulated during his long career as a cantor in Haguenau, Mulhouse and Luxembourg …

Jacques Arnold, a life serving chazanut

In the collection « Life courses », discover the endearing personality of the cantor Jacques Arnold, who tells us about his apprenticeship in the art of cantorial singing at the Séminaire Israélite de France in the 1960s …

Tribute concert to Cantor Moshe Koussevitzki

Concert filmed for the 25th anniversary of the death of Cantor Moshe Koussevitzki …

Yossele (Josef) Rosenblatt

A famous voice among the cantors …

The cantor or chazan : a vector of synagogal chanting – Jacques Arnold

As part of the day of sudy Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2014, dedicated to sacred Jewish music, Jacques Arnold, chazan, rabbi and member of the Jewish choir of France invites us …

The chazan, the prayer and the synagogue’s chanting

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2015, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. As the bearer of the singing tradition of his synagogue, the chazan represents an extremely strong point of identity for the faithful …