![]() Cantor Izak Held
Visiting Assistant Cantor izak.held@ijc.us (718) 824-9000 x15 |
Cantor Held has served YIPPJC as its Executive Director from 2010 - 2015 and now comes back to us as a junior chazan for our High Holidays Season. Cantor Held received his Cantorial training from Cantors Harry Isenberg OB"M, Jack Antman OB"M & Rabbi Rodney Weiss. He was a visiting cantor in the Bronx, New York at the Young Israel of Pelham Parkway and the Williamsburg Jewish Center. He has also done chazzanis for Young Israel of Woodmere, Young Israel of Astor Gardens, Kehillat New Hempstead and Congregation Ohel Moshe Anshei Sefard. Izak is a strategist at inBaron and formerly worked as a consultant at Grant Thornton LLP. Izak earned his MBA in Accountancy from the Robert H. Ledbetter College of Business of Shorter University, a candidate for a Masters in Education (M.Ed.) at the American College, and he completed his B.B.A. undergraduate studies at Baruch College, where he also serves as an alumni advisor at the Baruch Hillel. He holds the Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) designation and is also an ambassador for Weebly, Lyft and The IJ Crew Association. Izak is also involved in many not for profit endeavors, he was a deputy coordinator for CHAVERIM of the 5 Towns and Far Rockaway and on the educational staff of Camps Mesorah and Dora Golding. He is currently the Co-President of Young Jewish Conservatives, a Matchmaker at the Bashert Agency and an Instructor at the Russian American Jewish Experience.
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