Tutoring | Planning | Officiating

Your Jewish Life Cycle

Whether or not you are affiliated with a synagogue, I will work with you to create (and officiate, if you choose), a personalized, meaningful, and memorable experience.

About Avital Lazar

A native New Yorker, I graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a B.A. in Liberal Arts and music composition in 2003. I received my Cantorial Investiture in May 2008 after completing a Master’s of Sacred Music at the HL Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. I proudly taught 6th grade Jewish Studies at a prominent New York City Day School for 8 consecutive years beginning in 2008. I have been preparing students for B’nai Mitzvah for nearly two decades.

An award winning vocalist and composer, I have performed extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Also a commissioned composer, I have had new works premiered by members of both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestras. In 2005, my work was included in “Jewish Mosaic” as part of the Music off the Walls series, a project of the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Philharmonic. Again in 2006 and 2007 I was asked to write music for the Jewish community of Brooklyn, NY in conjunction with the Brooklyn Philharmonic.

As an invested Cantor

I can help you to create the lifecycle event of your dreams

My Services Include:

Officiating Weddings

As an invested Cantor, I am available to officiate or colead your Wedding ceremony. I will help you to create your own unique and memorable ceremony. I can bring in elements of a traditional Jewish wedding and/or integrate new and old traditions. This is your wedding day and I want to help you have the ceremony that you envision.

Tutoring and Officiating Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremonies

I specialize in working with bar and bat mitzvah students who range in Hebrew knowledge (from none to fluent) and cater to individual learning needs. I am available for in-person lessons in New York City, as well as remotely via Zoom, Skype or FaceTime.

Officiating Baby Namings

I will work with you to design and officiate a ceremony that matches your family’s philosophical and parenting views. I specialize in contemporary and alternative ceremonies for both baby boys and girls.

Testimonials

What my students and their parents have to say about me