We are pleased to announce the selection of Cantor Ben Tisser
as our Hazzan for the 5785 High Holy Days
Cantor Tisser most recently served as Hazzan at Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis. Previously he has served congregations in Chicago, Boca Raton, FL, New York City and Los Angeles, where he started his career as the youngest Cantor in the city. He is a past member of the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly, the largest body of Hazzanim in the world, and from 2016-2021 served as President of the Assembly’s Midwest Region. Most recently, his voice was included in the “Kindertransport” exhibit at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. He has also been featured in the “Prayer” exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago in 2018; and since 2019 he has been featured as the voice of the young Warsaw Ghetto Uprising hero, Mordechai Anielewicz, in the Resistance Gallery of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s permanent collection.
An active composer and arranger, Tisser’s compositions are sung around the country. In 2021 he released his first album of original music, Hegyon Libi. Tisser has served as guest cantor, lecturer, and Scholar in Residence at synagogues around the country. He also is very active in the local Jewish community, performing at a variety of events hosted by community and international Jewish organizations.
A product of the Conservative movement in its many facets, Tisser completed his Masters of Sacred Music and Cantorial Investiture at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of The Jewish Theological Seminary in May 2013, holds Bachelors’ degrees in Jewish Studies (Hebrew Literature) and Political Science (Middle East Affairs) from American Jewish University.
For more information and to hear recordings of some of his performances, please visit his home page at Cantor Ben Tisser