Family Card - Person Sheet
NameKenneth Aaron Kanter Rabbi Rabbi 
Birth1952
FatherJulian Paul Kanter (1925-2011)
MotherLois Weinberg (1931-1999)
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Kenneth A. Kanter was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1952. He received his bachelor’s degree in Jewish and American History from Harvard University in 1974. While a rabbinical student, Kanter served pulpits in Sherman, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Melbourne, Australia. He received his master's degree in 1979, was ordained in 1980 and in June 2005, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.
Rabbi Kanter served as assistant rabbi at Congregation Ohabai Sholom in Nashville, Tennessee, as Jewish chaplain and adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University, and as rabbi of Chattanooga’s Mizpah Congregation from 1983 to 1992,where among other civic responsibilities he chaired the Chattanooga Human Rights/ Human Relations Commission. In June of 2005, Kanter concluded thirteen years as senior rabbi of Congregation Micah of Nashville, Tennessee, where hewas the founding rabbi and instrumental in the synagogue’s development. He currently serves as director of the rabbinical school for the historic Cincinnati campus of HUC-JIR.
In addition to his congregational work, Kanter is a popular lecturer and author of books and articles focusing on the Jewish contribution to American popular music from the 1840s to the 1940s. His book, The Jews on Tin Pan Alley,was published in 1982. Kanter also contributed to the 1992 book, Jewish-American History and Culture, as well as to The Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture, published in 2008.
Kanter was married to the late Wendy Koplow Kanter (d. 2007).
Kenneth A. Kanter was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1952. He received his bachelor’s degree in Jewish and American History from Harvard University in 1974. While a rabbinical student, Kanter served pulpits in Sherman, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Melbourne, Australia. He received his master's degree in 1979, was ordained in 1980 and in June 2005, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.
Rabbi Kanter served as assistant rabbi at Congregation Ohabai Sholom in Nashville, Tennessee, as Jewish chaplain and adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University, and as rabbi of Chattanooga’s Mizpah Congregation from 1983 to 1992,where among other civic responsibilities he chaired the Chattanooga Human Rights/ Human Relations Commission. In June of 2005, Kanter concluded thirteen years as senior rabbi of Congregation Micah of Nashville, Tennessee, where hewas the founding rabbi and instrumental in the synagogue’s development. He currently serves as director of the rabbinical school for the historic Cincinnati campus of HUC-JIR.
In addition to his congregational work, Kanter is a popular lecturer and author of books and articles focusing on the Jewish contribution to American popular music from the 1840s to the 1940s. His book, The Jews on Tin Pan Alley,was published in 1982. Kanter also contributed to the 1992 book, Jewish-American History and Culture, as well as to The Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture, published in 2008.
Kanter was married to the late Wendy Koplow Kanter (d. 2007).