Hazzan, Performer, Educator
Alisa is a cantor and performer of Jewish and secular music. Explore the site to learn about her passions.
About Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro
Building Connections
Building Connections
Building Connections
Alisa considers herself an egalitarian and lectures occasionally on being a woman in what was a traditionally male profession. Most recently, she has moderated #metoo conversations in the community. She speaks about music, prayer and sprituality. She has taught sessions for Women's League, National Council of Jewish Women, United Synago
Alisa considers herself an egalitarian and lectures occasionally on being a woman in what was a traditionally male profession. Most recently, she has moderated #metoo conversations in the community. She speaks about music, prayer and sprituality. She has taught sessions for Women's League, National Council of Jewish Women, United Synagogue and Hadassah. She has been a Torah Fund honoree and her sessions are well attended by her colleagues at the annual national Cantors Assembly Convention.
Biography
Building Connections
Building Connections
Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro grew up on Mercer Island, Washington, in a rabbinic home, instilled with a love of Judaism and music. From an early age, she knew she would continue the long family line of rabbis, cantors and educators. Hazzan Pomerantz-Boro was invested as a Hazzan and earned her degree in Sacred Jewish Music from the Canto
Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro grew up on Mercer Island, Washington, in a rabbinic home, instilled with a love of Judaism and music. From an early age, she knew she would continue the long family line of rabbis, cantors and educators. Hazzan Pomerantz-Boro was invested as a Hazzan and earned her degree in Sacred Jewish Music from the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where she was awarded the Jacobson Memorial Prize in Hazzanut. She also holds a B.A. in Near Eastern Studies and Music from the University of Washington and was awarded an honorary doctorate by JTSA.
Spirituality
Building Connections
Spirituality
As part of her day-to-day responsibilities, Hazzan Pomerantz-Boro teaches "Chanter with the Cantor," an introduction to the sacred trop used to read from the Torah. With her rabbinic colleagues, she teaches the Adult B'nai Mitzvah program and the annual "Tallis & Tefillin" series. If you live in South Jersey, she invites you come and learn with her!
Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz z"l
In Memory of our father, grandfather, and husband of 66 years, the Pomerantz Family is sharing Rav Moshe's "No Two the Same", rabbinic memoirs of his years as a pulpit Rabbi. Published on the occasion of his 40th anniversary in the rabbinate, these anecdotes are truly 'Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul'....
All proceeds will go to the "Kay and Rabbi Moshe Pomerantz Prize in Congregational Education" awarded to a deserving newly ordained Rabbi from the Jewish Theological Seminary. (Suggested contribution is $18)