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Cantor Vera Broekhuysen
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Cantor Vera Broekhuysen has served as cantor at Temple Emanu-El of Haverhill, Massachusetts, since June 2016 and as its spiritual leader since July 2018.
As an educator, Cantor Broekhuysen brings guitar and drum into the classroom to infuse Hebrew language learning with music. Cantor Broekhuysen is also passionate about the beauty and vocal connectivity of early music and folksong and brings her experiences with Village Harmony (Vermont, international tours in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia) and Studio Sixteen (Toronto) to her cantorial work.
Cantor Broekhuysen deeply values opportunities to pursue both spiritual enrichment and social justice in both Jewish and interfaith settings. She is a chaverah (member) of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and serves on the Clergy Advisory Board of JALSA (Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action) and on the Rabbinical & Cantorial Cabinet of J Street. Cantor Broekhuysen serves as convener of the Greater Haverhill Clergy Association and is a founding member of the Merrimack Valley Sanctuary Network, which came together in the spring of 2017. While in cantorial school, Cantor Broekhuysen led an interfaith, cross-campus singing group (through the Center for Inter-Religious & Communal Leadership Education at both Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological Seminary) and co-created a series of events and workshops exploring the female voice in relationship to text and spiritual authority within Judaism and Islam.
Cantor Broekhuysen is a member and past secretary of the New England Board of Cantors. In March of 2018, she helped organize, and performed in, “From Out of the Storm: Cantors Respond to Devastation,” a successful benefit concert on behalf of the Jewish communities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands who were impacted by Hurricanes Maria and Jose. This event was cosponsored by Temple Beth Zion of Brookline, Massachusetts.
Cantor Broekhuysen completed her undergraduate studies in music history and theory at the University of Toronto and was ordained by Hebrew College in June 2016, when she also earned her master's degree in Jewish education. She lives in North Andover, Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons.
As an educator, Cantor Broekhuysen brings guitar and drum into the classroom to infuse Hebrew language learning with music. Cantor Broekhuysen is also passionate about the beauty and vocal connectivity of early music and folksong and brings her experiences with Village Harmony (Vermont, international tours in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia) and Studio Sixteen (Toronto) to her cantorial work.
Cantor Broekhuysen deeply values opportunities to pursue both spiritual enrichment and social justice in both Jewish and interfaith settings. She is a chaverah (member) of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and serves on the Clergy Advisory Board of JALSA (Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action) and on the Rabbinical & Cantorial Cabinet of J Street. Cantor Broekhuysen serves as convener of the Greater Haverhill Clergy Association and is a founding member of the Merrimack Valley Sanctuary Network, which came together in the spring of 2017. While in cantorial school, Cantor Broekhuysen led an interfaith, cross-campus singing group (through the Center for Inter-Religious & Communal Leadership Education at both Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological Seminary) and co-created a series of events and workshops exploring the female voice in relationship to text and spiritual authority within Judaism and Islam.
Cantor Broekhuysen is a member and past secretary of the New England Board of Cantors. In March of 2018, she helped organize, and performed in, “From Out of the Storm: Cantors Respond to Devastation,” a successful benefit concert on behalf of the Jewish communities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands who were impacted by Hurricanes Maria and Jose. This event was cosponsored by Temple Beth Zion of Brookline, Massachusetts.
Cantor Broekhuysen completed her undergraduate studies in music history and theory at the University of Toronto and was ordained by Hebrew College in June 2016, when she also earned her master's degree in Jewish education. She lives in North Andover, Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons.