Cantor David Frommer
Cantor David Frommer joined Shomrei Torah in July 2013. The Manhattan native received his B.A. in history with honors from Yale University and sang with Magevet, Yale’s Jewish a cappella group, performing across the US and internationally in Canada, Europe and the UK. After college, David volunteered for fifteen months as a combat soldier in the Nachal Infantry Division of the Israel Defense Forces, where he served with distinction in the West Bank. During the next five years, he pursued his cantorial studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music and trained as a chaplain with the New York Army National Guard.
Following his investiture from HUC-JIR, David deployed overseas as the first-ever
cantor to serve as a chaplain in the US military, providing religious support for Jewish
soldiers and civilians stationed in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, and Qatar. He is married to Rabbi Carla Fenves.
Read Cantor Frommer’s New York Times Blog on Hanukkah and War
Cantor David Frommer’s essay, “Understanding War Through Hanukkah,” appeared recently in the New York Times’ “At War: Notes From the Front Lines” guest commentary series. Cantor Frommer served as a United States Army Chaplain in Afghanistan and Kuwait, and is currently a Battalion Chaplain with the California Army National Guard. Click here to read his trenchant and inspiring thoughts on the meaning of Hanukkah and the nature of war.
Use the links below to download sound files by Cantor Frommer.
New! V’ahavta- Wolff-Portnoy
Download the sheet music for the Wolff-Portnoy V’ahavta or click below to hear Cantor David’s rendition.
Click here for Mi Chamocha – melody by Shlomo Carlebach
Click here for M’chalkeil Chayim