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Cantor Abbe Lyons is dedicated to enhancing the spiritual and emotional power of music and Jewish learning in everyday life as well as in sacred spaces. She is on the faculty at ALEPH Ordination Programs, where she studied with Hazzan Jack Kessler and received smicha as Hazzan (Cantor) in 2010. She is a Hillel professional at Ithaca College, where received a B.Mus. Read more...

Hailing from Bethesda, Maryland, she calls Temple Micah in Washington, DC her home community. Emily was inspired by her rabbis from a young age to pursue Jewish learning and sincere community. As a participant in Operation Understanding DC in high school, Emily decided to pursue a career in the Jewish world that is committed to tikkun olam, repairing the world, Read more...