Hazzan Jonathan Kohan

Born in Buenos Aires, Jonathan Kohan is an ordained Cantor and Jewish Studies Professor, as well as an advanced Rabbinical Student at the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary “Marshall T Meyer.” He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master’s degree in Jewish Studies from the Hebraica University of Mexico. Additionally, he was a fellow at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Institute of Israel and a Visiting Scholar in Holocaust Music at Clark University in Worcester, MA.

A classically trained lyric tenor, Cantor Kohan has served as a Cantor and Jewish Studies Professor for over twenty years in various congregations and schools in Argentina and the US. Since 2020, he has been the Director of the Cantorial Institute at the Seminary. He currently serves as the High Holiday Cantor at Chicago Loop Synagogue and frequently visits Temple Beth El. An advocate of Jewish tradition and culture, Hazzan Kohan considers nusach (traditional synagogue chant) and congregational tunes a unique vehicle for individual and collective spiritual experience. He is committed to transmitting secular and religious Jewish music through performance and education. In addition to this, he enjoys singing opera, art songs, and tango. He is the father of Ilana (10).