Jaclyn Chernett MPhil Thesis

An introduction by Ms. Chernett

The Torah is read in mainstream Ashkenazi synagogues using a Western European-style trop (cantillation chant).  The majority of Jewish Ashkenazi immigrants to the UK are from Eastern Europe (Poland/Russia). The nusach hat'fillah, prayer chants, of those communities are basically Eastern European. This created a musical paradox which is researched in this thesis.

Jaclyn Chernett MPhil (City University, London, 1998) is a member of the Association of the London College of Music (1959). She is the first woman in the UK to have been ordained as a cantor (Academy for Jewish Religion, New York, 2006). 

Link to Jaclyn Chernet thesis in PDF format here.

Some Links of Interest

These are links to items in the DJSA relating to topics in Cantor Chernett's thesis which are highlighed in the online PDF.

And, One link NOT in the Thesis, but Which belongs here

London School of Jewish Song