It is a gross omission that the article (on the anniversary of Adat Ari El) fails to mention the pivotal role that the cantorate has played at this stalwart synagogue.
For more than 30 years Cantor Allan Michelson occupied the cantorial pulpit with distinction, following the tenures of Cantors Paul Discount, Max Gardiner and Julie Blackman. Michelson created a singing, participatory worship environment, trained children to become B'nai Mitzvah, inspired and instructed lay and professional cantors, attended to the life cycle needs of more than a generation of Adat Ari El families, concertized and recorded extensively and established a national reputation for himself and the congregation.
