Saul Rosenthal retires as cantor of Rodef Shalom

Rosenthal has had a long and varied professional life: college instructor, regional ADL director, front man for a Jewish bluegrass band, PR consultant, music store owner, but his longest-running gig — concurrent with most of his other careers — has been that of cantor at Rodef Shalom. Rosenthal has led services and brought music to the Conservative synagogue for 35 years. He will retire just after Shavuot, although because of the coronavirus lockdown, no services have taken place at Rodef Shalom since mid-March. Rosenthal turned 70 on March 24, just as the pandemic was shutting down the world. He and his wife Debbie will celebrate 50 years of marriage in December. They have twin daughters Ellen and Joanne (Logan Scarbeary) and two grandchildren, Benjamin, 14, […]