Cantor Berkowitz receives honorary doctorate from JTS

          Cantor Jerome Berkowitz of Mequon was one of 25 cantors to receive honorary doctorates from the Jewish Theological Seminary on June 6.

          The ceremony took place at the JTS campus in New York City. Milwaukee native Cantor Nancy Abramson, who is the Michael Greene Director of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music of JTS, and Joan Schreiber, chair of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School Advisory Committee, sponsored the honorees.