Eight Stories. Eight Lights. Fifty Years of Change.
December 10, 2025
Hanukkah invites us to notice how small lights can transform the darkness around them. This year, as we mark 50 years of women in the American cantorate, that metaphor feels especially resonant.
Each story in Voices of Change: 50 Years of Women in the American Cantorate is one of those lights—a testament to resilience, creativity, and the enduring power of the human voice to expand and renew our heritage. Each of the trailblazing women profiled has, like a shamash that kindles every candle, lit the way for hundreds of others who now shape the cantorate and the sound of Jewish worship.
Voices of Change book cover
“We’ve added half of the human voice back into the liturgy, back into the study of Torah, and back into the way the messages resonate.”
— Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, first woman ordained as a cantor
To celebrate, we’re giving away 50 hard-bound book copies of the collection. 25 winners will receive a book for themselves and one for a cantor or clergy member (or congregation) who has been a light in their lives.
Enter the Voices of Change Hanukkah Giveaway via the form below. And may your Hanukkah shine a little brighter this year, one story, one song, one light at a time!
Enter by Thursday, December 18. Winners will be contacted by email on Friday, December 19.
Books shipping to US or Canada only.
