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Cantor Claire Franco
Cantor Claire Franco
cfranco@commsyn.org
516-883-3144 ext. 328
A chance encounter with a religious school educator, some music teaching and a Friday night service led Cantor Claire Franco to her calling and more literally to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) first in Jerusalem and then in New York. It was there that she realized that this profession would allow her to combine all of the things that she loved: music, teaching, and bringing people closer to Judaism and to God.
While at HUC-JIR in New York, Cantor Franco served as the student cantor at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Manhattan. Upon her ordination in 1996, she went to Temple B'nai Shalom in East Brunswick, New Jersey where she served as the cantor for seven years. Cantor Franco joined the clergy team of The Community Synagogue in Port Washington, NY in 2003.
Cantor Franco currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the American Conference of Cantors (ACC). She was elected President after serving as a vice president for nine years with three different portfolios. From 2015-2019, she was responsible for the acquisition and oversight of Transcontinental Music Publications; the largest Jewish music publishing company in the world. She is a past president of the Alumni Association of the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music; the institution from which she received her Masters in Sacred Music and her ordination as Cantor in 1996.
She has authored articles for the Union for Reform Judaism and can be heard on many of their recordings. In November of 2010, Cantor Franco performed in concert at the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli dei Martiri in Rome. This concert was featured in a documentary "To God's Ears” released the same year.
But her proudest and most important accomplishments are her 25+ years of happy marriage to Alan and their three girls: Lael, Eden, and Emory.
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Thu, September 21 2023
6 Tishrei 5784
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Thursday ,
SepSeptember 21 , 2023RS Thursday Classes - Grades 2 & 3
Thursday, Sep 21st 4:00p to 5:30p
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Thursday ,
SepSeptember 21 , 2023New Year Sips & Sweets (for ECC Parents)
Thursday, Sep 21st 8:00p to 9:00p
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SepSeptember 23 , 2023
Shabbat, Sep 23rd (All day)
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Saturday ,
SepSeptember 23 , 2023Grade 7 Torah Study / Sha'ar
Shabbat, Sep 23rd 9:00a to 10:00a
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SepSeptember 23 , 2023
Shabbat, Sep 23rd 9:00a to 10:00a
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Shabbat, Sep 23rd 10:30a to 12:00p
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Worship Schedule
Shabbat "Ha'azinu" ~ "שבת "האזינו &
Yom Kippur יום כפור
Friday, September 22
6:30 pm – Shabbat Shuvah, with Rabbi Sank Ross and Cantor Gladstone Martin, worship in person or watch on our Website.
Saturday, September 23
9:00 am – Shabbat Havurah Morning & Torah Study with Cantor Gladstone Martin. Worship and study in person or register here to join via Zoom. Torah Study will take place during Shabbat Havurah Morning service and will begin at approximately 9:15 am.
10:30 am – Shabbat Morning (Bar Mitzvah of Myles Birnbaum), worship in person or watch on our Website.
Link to this week's parasha (Torah portion) and haftarah.
Sunday, September 24 – Kol Nidrei
8:00 pm – Kol Nidrei Service
Monday, September 25 – Yom Kippur
10:00 am – Yom Kippur Morning Service
1:00 pm – Study Session
1:00 pm – Teen Experience
2:00 pm – Study Session
2:00 pm – Children's Service, for children ages birth to Grade 1 and their families.
3:00 pm – Healing Service
3:00 pm – Family Service, for Grades 2-5 and their families.
4:00 pm – Congregant Reflections, on the topic of "In Troubled Times, Where Do We Find Hope?"
5:00 pm – Yom Kippur Afternoon / Yizkor / Neilah
Embrace the Days of Awe with The Community Synagogue in person or watch worship services on our Website.