Cantor Roslyn Jhunever Barak has served Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco since 1987, a year after her graduation and investiture from the School of Sacred Music of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. She received her vocal training at the Manhattan School of Music in her native New York City and has been the recipient of a number of awards. Before entering the cantorate, she was a concert and opera soprano, performing in the United States and in Israel, where she lived for three years and sang with the Israel National Opera.