Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music

The Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music is a music school that focuses on Jewish music. It is part of Yeshiva University and its Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York City. Classes are held in the Schottenstein Center on Yeshiva University's Wilf Campus in Manhattan. Courses include nusah hatefilah (prayer chant), cantillation (biblical chant), voice, piano, music theory, history of Jewish music and liturgy, safrut (Hebrew calligraphy), and Sephardic hazzanut (cantorial).

Cantor Bernard Beer serves as the Director of the school. Previous to him, Cantor Macy Nulman served as Director.

Faculty

Yeshiva University

Schools	Yeshiva College Stern College for Women Sy Syms School of Business Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Belz School of Jewish Music Albert Einstein College of Medicine Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration Wurzweiler School of Social Work Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology

Centers and programs	Yeshiva University Museum Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University Institute for Public Health Sciences Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University

Personalities	Presidents: Bernard Revel Samuel Belkin Norman Lamm Richard Joel Rabbis: Joseph B. Soloveitchik Yosef Blau J. David Bleich Aharon Lichtenstein Dovid Lifshitz Hershel Schachter Moshe Shatzkes Ahron Soloveichik Moshe Soloveichik Moshe David Tendler

Publications	Tradition

Topics	History

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