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Barbara Ostfeld

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Barbara Ostfeld became the first ordained female cantor at age 22, serving a number of temples in her tenure.

When

24 December 1952

Biography

Barbara Ostfeld is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Barbara Ostfeld became the first ordained female cantor at age 22, serving a number of temples in her tenure.

How & why

Barbara Ostfeld became the first ordained female cantor at age 22, serving a number of temples in her tenure. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Judith Pinnolis, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Judith Pinnolis

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Barbara Ostfeld became the first ordained female cantor at age 22, serving a number of temples in her tenure.

1952

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Judith Pinnolis