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- ↑ "Jüdischer Kantor in Berlin ordiniert" [Jewish cantor ordained in Berlin]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 18 June 2009.
- ↑ "Erster jüdischer Kantor seit 1945" [First Jewish cantor since 1945]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 18 June 2009.
- ↑ Helmig, Martina (29 August 2009). "Wie ein Israeli Kantor einer Potsdamer Kirche wurde" [How an Israeli became cantor of a church in Potsdam]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German).
- ↑ "Pioneering Cantor Joins Gay Synagogue". The Advocate . 28 June 2010.
- ↑ "Far from Israel, Jews grieve and pray for peace in Shabbat services held as Israel-Hamas war rages". AP News . 14 October 2023.