Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar became the first Persian woman to be ordained as a cantor in the United States in 2009.[1][2] Foruzanfar was born in Tehran and moved to the United States when she was two.[3] She now works at Stephen S. Wise Temple in California.[4] She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with an emphasis in Music from the University of Southern California, as well as cantorial ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in California.[4]
She appeared in From the Shtetl to Broadway, a Yiddish musical review.[5][6]
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- ^ a b "Stephen S. Wise Temple & Schools | Elementary School | Religious School | Early Childhood Center | Milken Community High School | Los Angeles, CA". Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
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