Kelly Cooper received her Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of Southern California. She began her career as a singer, performing leading roles in musical theater and opera productions in Los Angeles, New York, and on the High Seas. She also sang in the LA Opera chorus.
Michal, a proud Israeli, Irish, British Lepracohen, graduated with a BA in Education from Te Hergana Waka, Victoria University, New Zealand, and an MBA in International Education Leadership, with an emphasis in Jewish education, from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. Recipient of the education programs worldwide.
Cynthia Jane Minster graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in Peace & Justice Studies. Her career took her from a public health consultancy firm to labor union organizing, to marketing, to software development. While working in advertising, she met the creative director who made it possible for her to pursue her dreams: her husband, Chung-Mau Cheng.
Joey Angel-Field received his bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from California State University at Long Beach, culminating a lifelong interest in interfaith dialogue. He has worked in an environmental non-profit, taught English for a year in South Korea, managed shipping and retail at a small business camping store, and has most recently worked as a community organizer.
Cantor Samuel B. Radwine graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.A. in Instumetal Music Education and wen on to teach within the Bethany, Illinois public school system. Sam left Illinois for New York City, where he studied at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music and was ordained as a cantor in 1981.
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Dr. Linda Bernstein attended UC Berkeley for pre-pharmacy coursework and went on to receive her Doctor of Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a licensed pharmacist, and serves as Founder and President of Vita Media Corporation, a medical communications company
Adam Kinsey received his equivalency certificate and dropped out of high school in 1982. After being a restaurant worker, musician, political activist and writer, he attended New College of California, studying with Maria Espinosa, David Meltzer and others. Adam received his bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities (creative Writing emphasis).
Alyssa Rosenbaum graduated Cum Laude from Lawrence University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in German and a minor in Linguistics. After graduating, Alyssa served as a High Holiday soloist at her hometown synagogue, Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook , Illinois.
Cantor Amy Robinson Katz has posted a new rendition of Achat Sha’alti on YouTube.