About
Cantor Sarah Myerson is the Spiritual Leader of Roosevelt Island Jewish Congregation in New York City. She was commissioned by the Cantors Assembly in 2018, and invested by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 2015, conferred with Diploma of Hazzan and Master of Sacred Music. Previously, she served Kane Street Synagogue and Bay Ridge Jewish Center in Brooklyn, NY; Temple Sinai, Congregation Beth Ohr, and Beth Shalom Oceanside Jewish Center on Long Island, NY; Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill, MA; and Kehillat Netzach Israel in Ashkelon, Israel. She received her Bachelor of Music (Composition) degree, honors first class, from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia. Cantor Sarah Myerson continues to write and perform new compositions, especially in Yiddish and Hebrew, and has developed a profile as a musician, speaker, educator and Yiddish dance teacher and leader.
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Performing at an interfaith event in Boston. Photo by Kate Flock for Wicked Local.
Leading the Women of the Wall in prayer, Rosh Hodesh Iyyar, 2014. Photo by Miriam Alster
Praying with the Women of the Wall, Rosh Hodesh Nissan, 2014. Photo by Miriam Alster.
Performing at an interfaith event in Boston. Photo by Kate Flock for Wicked Local.