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Laurence Harris, a longtime member and wife of the temple’s cantor, Ruth, who together with her saved multiple Torahs from burning last year, said that the community has grown in the year since.
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Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
At a Jewish wedding, the procession starts with the rabbi or cantor.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
One of the first, as a 15-year-old in 1954, was Born to Cry, inspired by Yossele Rosenblatt’s Jewish cantor recordings from the 1920s.
—Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Tears well in the eyes of those who dare to look at her as the cantor’s acapella vibrato fills the sanctuary.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
At a Jewish wedding, the procession starts with the rabbi or cantor.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
One of the first, as a 15-year-old in 1954, was Born to Cry, inspired by Yossele Rosenblatt’s Jewish cantor recordings from the 1920s.
—Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Tears well in the eyes of those who dare to look at her as the cantor’s acapella vibrato fills the sanctuary.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
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While many people have been introduced to English choral services through the angelic voices of the choristers in flowing robes and Elizabethan ruffs who sing at royal weddings and carol services, choirs perform every day in much more humble settings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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More than 600 choristers will perform at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Following the couple's split, Perry dated rock singer John Mayer, as well as English actor Orlando Bloom.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The singer’s lawyers had initially pushed for an immediate preliminary hearing — in which a judge determines if prosecutors have enough evidence to bring a case to trial — but have since backed off and delayed the process.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
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Via one of popular music’s most stratospherically elevating climaxes, the song shifts into gospel overdrive with the explosive entrance of disco’s mightiest, most visceral vocalist, Loleatta Holloway.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Rounded out by guitarist/vocalist Clay Frankel, multi-instrumentalist Colin Croom and drummer Connor Brodner, Twin Peaks had spent part of their teen years and the better part of their 20s touring, one year averaging a show every third day.—
Blair R. Fischer,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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“Cantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantor. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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