Cantor Ella Gladstone Martin

Cantor Ella Gladstone Martin

egladstonemartin@commsyn.org

516-883-3144 ext. 328

Cantor Ella Gladstone Martin was born in Jerusalem and raised in Toronto, Canada where she received her Bachelor of Music in jazz voice at the University of Toronto. Ella is the proud recipient of several academic honors including the Women of Reform Judaism’s Morris Zimmerman Memorial Award in Torah Cantillation (2022), the Women in Reform Judaism Prize, 2021-22, the St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music Prize for Vocal Development (2021) and the Isaac Mayer Wise Scholarship.  

As the Cantorial Intern at Shaaray Tefila in Manhattan, she has led Kabbalat Shabbat services, organized regular Saturday minyanim, chanted Torah, taught Torah study, tutored B’nei Mitzvah students, and taught religious school. In the past, Cantor Gladstone Martin has served as Student Cantor at North Country Reform Temple, Glen Cove, NY and the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Cantor Gladstone Martin loves dance, especially Zumba. She enjoys theater, cinema, and reading, with a special interest in memoirs. She feels overjoyed to be joining the clergy team at The Community Synagogue and looks forward to being part of our synagogue family.

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