Chazan Jaclyn (Jacky) Chernett is a musicologist and lecturer who is Cantor at Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue in Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet.[1][2][3] She was ordained as a cantor in 2006, receiving her semikhah from the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in New York and becoming the first female cantor in the United Kingdom.[1]
Chernett is a vice-president of Masorti Judaism in the UK and the founder, in 2017, of the European Academy for Jewish Liturgy (EAJL).[4][5][6] She is an Associate member of the London College of Music[7] and received an M.Phil degree in Ethnomusicology in Biblical Chant from City University, London in 1998.[8][9]
She and her husband live in Edgware.[4]
References
- ^ a b Finch, Felicity (15 September 2006). "Female Chazzan". Woman's Hour. BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue". JCR-UK. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Secret Shul Goer (Wolfson, Rina) (1 August 2017). "Secret Shul Goer No 4: Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Jaclyn Chernett". Beyond Borders. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Meet the Team: EAJL's Trustees – Chazan Jacky Chernett". EAJL. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Chernett, Jaclyn (11 January 2018). "The European Academy for Jewish Liturgy (EAJL)". Masorti Judaism. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Heller, Charles (26 January 2021). "Report COZ 28" (PDF). European Academy for Jewish Liturgy. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Chernett, Jaclyn. "Jaclyn Chernett MPhil Thesis". Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Our chazan, Jaclyn Chernett". Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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