Cantor Shira Ginsburg is celebrating her 16th year as Senior Cantor at East End Temple in Manhattan. As a Messinger Scholar, Cantor Shira Ginsburg earned her Masters, Cantorial degrees and ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Cantor Shira Ginsburg is the recipient of the 2019 Lev Aryeh, Heart of a Lion Award from the Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation, Women of Reform Judaism Award, Cantorial Alumni Association Prize, and Sylvia Davidson Memorial Award for extraordinary diligence in mastering Chazzanut.
Prior to her Cantorial studies, Cantor Shira Ginsburg received her BFA from Syracuse University's Drama and Musical Theatre program and spent a number of years in New York working as a professional actress, singer, and songwriter.
In Spring of 2016 Shira premiered her one-woman musical, Bubby's Kitchen off-Broadway to rave reviews and has toured the country extensively over the last six years bringing Bubby's Kitchen to over 25 communities. In addition to performing concerts and numerous other works on stages in Israel, England and all over the United States, Cantor Shira Ginsburg has been the chosen soloist for The Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation at numerous benefits and featured in their documentary ‘Reunion.’ She has released three liturgical albums, 'Cantor Shira Ginsburg Sings the Songs of Michael Hunter Ochs' 'A New Light' and 'The Best of Simchat Shabbat' with East End produced by two time grammy award winning producer Ben Wisch, and 'Maybe,' a solo album of her own folk music. She is featured on the albums of Gerard Edery and Noah Aaronson and was recently a featured performer alongside Alan Richman and Joan Nathan in ‘Beyond Bubbie: 6 Word Memoirs.’
A member of the American Conference of Cantors, Cantor Shira Ginsburg specializes in creating rich, inspiring, meaningful life cycle events both for Temple members, and for those who are unaffiliated.
Cantor Shira Ginsburg serves on the Jewish Partisans Education Foundations Young Leadership Board, is an annual panelist on the Gerecht Institute for Conversion, and teaches Holocaust studies in middle and high school classrooms across the five boroughs as a founding member of 3rd Generation Holocaust Survivors program ‘We Educate’ in partnership with Facing History Facing Ourselves. Cantor Shira Ginsburg has been a guest lecturer at Hebrew Union College, and Moishe House, and has served on the Israel Task Force at the UJA. She also mentors and coaches Cantorial students at Hebrew Union College.
Cantor Shira Ginsburg is the winner of the Wedding Wire 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, & 2021 Couples Choice Awards for Wedding Officiants. Check her out on Wedding Wire and newly listed on The Knot:
Prior to her Cantorial studies, Cantor Shira Ginsburg received her BFA from Syracuse University's Drama and Musical Theatre program and spent a number of years in New York working as a professional actress, singer, and songwriter.
In Spring of 2016 Shira premiered her one-woman musical, Bubby's Kitchen off-Broadway to rave reviews and has toured the country extensively over the last six years bringing Bubby's Kitchen to over 25 communities. In addition to performing concerts and numerous other works on stages in Israel, England and all over the United States, Cantor Shira Ginsburg has been the chosen soloist for The Jewish Partisans Educational Foundation at numerous benefits and featured in their documentary ‘Reunion.’ She has released three liturgical albums, 'Cantor Shira Ginsburg Sings the Songs of Michael Hunter Ochs' 'A New Light' and 'The Best of Simchat Shabbat' with East End produced by two time grammy award winning producer Ben Wisch, and 'Maybe,' a solo album of her own folk music. She is featured on the albums of Gerard Edery and Noah Aaronson and was recently a featured performer alongside Alan Richman and Joan Nathan in ‘Beyond Bubbie: 6 Word Memoirs.’
A member of the American Conference of Cantors, Cantor Shira Ginsburg specializes in creating rich, inspiring, meaningful life cycle events both for Temple members, and for those who are unaffiliated.
Cantor Shira Ginsburg serves on the Jewish Partisans Education Foundations Young Leadership Board, is an annual panelist on the Gerecht Institute for Conversion, and teaches Holocaust studies in middle and high school classrooms across the five boroughs as a founding member of 3rd Generation Holocaust Survivors program ‘We Educate’ in partnership with Facing History Facing Ourselves. Cantor Shira Ginsburg has been a guest lecturer at Hebrew Union College, and Moishe House, and has served on the Israel Task Force at the UJA. She also mentors and coaches Cantorial students at Hebrew Union College.
Cantor Shira Ginsburg is the winner of the Wedding Wire 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, & 2021 Couples Choice Awards for Wedding Officiants. Check her out on Wedding Wire and newly listed on The Knot:
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