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Hazzan James Gloth was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. He began singing in his synagogue's Junior Choir at age ten, and later sang in the Adult Choir through college. Active in both Kadima and USY, Hazzan Gloth served as president of both groups and later served as staff member, counselor, teacher and advisor for many regional and national youth group events.
Hazzan Gloth attended the University of Cincinnati where he majored in Judaic Studies and was extremely active in the Hillel Jewish Student Center, starring in two stage productions there. After graduation, he attended the H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. While studying at JTS, he and his classmates starred in and toured with the well-received cabaret show Cantors On Broadway. He received his Master of Sacred Music and investiture as Hazzan from the Seminary in 1997.
Hazzan Gloth has previously served as cantor at Conservative synagogues in Montclair, NJ, and in Redwood City, CA, as well as a hospital chaplain intern at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the New York Hospital. He has served as hazzan of Congregation B'nai Israel in Toledo since 1999. Hazzan Gloth has served as a member of the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly, the largest body of cantors in the world. He is married to Bina Carr and is father to Avi, Micah, Jacob and Naomi.
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