{"id":2268,"date":"2012-08-20T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faujsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:41:42","slug":"cantor-jacob-barkin-jsa-featured-performer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/cantor-jacob-barkin-jsa-featured-performer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cantor Jacob Barkin: JSA featured performer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"134\" height=\"191\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Barkin.png\" alt=\"Photo of Cantor Jacob Barkin\n\" class=\"wp-image-2269\" title=\"Barkin\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/jacob-barkin\"><strong>Jacob Barkin<\/strong><\/a> became an internationally acclaimed cantor and operatic performer during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He performed with the Pittsburgh and New York Symphony Orchestras and was offered a contract by the Metropolitan Opera (which he declined). Early in his career he became a White House favorite of presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. While officiating at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC (1952 &#8211; 1975) he was invited to perform at the White House by presidents Dwight Eisenhower and&nbsp; Richard Nixon.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Barkin-CD1.jpg\" alt=\"Album cover of CD of Cantor Jacob Barkin \" class=\"wp-image-2279\" title=\"Barkin CD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Barkin-CD1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Barkin-CD1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A highlight of his career was being asked to&nbsp; step into Richard Tucker\u2019s role as Cantor for High Holiday services at the famous Concord Hotel in upstate New York (Catskills). He officiated at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto, until his retirement in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong supporter of Israeli statehood,&nbsp; he was decorated by the Israeli government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JSA&#8217;s collection of recordings by Cantor Barkin is comprised of 10 albums, one of which was created at the JSA from previously unreleased recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/jacob-barkin\">Click here<\/a> <\/strong>to listen to any or all of these recordings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Barkin became an internationally acclaimed cantor and operatic performer during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He performed with the Pittsburgh and New York Symphony Orchestras and was offered a contract by the Metropolitan Opera (which he declined). Early in his career he became a White House favorite of presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. 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