ELIANA KISSNER:

Eliana Kissner received cantorial ordination in May 2021 from the H.L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary. For over a decade, Cantor Kissner has studied and worked on various projects and at multiple Jewish institutions. She was an Arts Fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York, lead singer of Safra, Jewish Middle Eastern Ensemble in Berkeley, CA, and co-founder of the Muslim-Jewish Arts Fellowship. She was a Dorot fellow in 2015-16 which enabled her to study and perform at the Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music in Jerusalem and collaborate on an original EP entitled “Painted Wood”. She has worked as a ritual leader and educator at Lab/Shul, New Shul, B'nai Jeshurun, and Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco, CA. She was a summer chaplaincy intern at New York Presbyterian in 2019 and student clergy intern at Fort Tryon Jewish Center in Washington Heights for the 2019-2020 year. She is married to Noah Ginsburg who works in solar energy, and they have two children. As a cantor, she hopes to foster Jewish musical experiences that promote healing, the pursuit of justice, and the rediscovery and renewal of Jewish tradition. She currently serves as the cantor of Oheb Shalom in South Orange, NJ