Sharon Hordes

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Sharon Hordes was ordained as Reconstructionist Judaism's first cantor in 2002. [1] [2] She earned a Bachelor of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. [3] Hordes now serves Keneseth Israel as their cantor. [2] [4] [5]

Hordes was a presenter at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation convention in 2004. [6]

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