Cantor Ken Richmond

Cantor Ken Richmond graduated from the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2004 and joined the Temple Israel family in the summer of 2006. As Cantor (Hazzan) and Family Educator, he enjoys leading the congregation in participatory prayer and teaching and learning with nursery school students, religious school and day school students and their families, and adults of all ages. He hopes to share his love of yiddishkayt, Jewish learning, mitzvot, and shabbat and holidays with the community. Since 2003 he has been married to Shira Shazeer, his partner in life as well as in their duet Fish Street Klezmer and their larger band, The Klezmaniacs, of which his son Zalmen is the newest member. Cantor Ken is on the faculty of the Cantor Educator Program at Hebrew College and a member of the Rabbinical Assembly Mahzor Committee. He invites you to download and share the musical offerings here, including Torah and Haftarah trope and songs and prayers for shabbat and holidays.