Cantor Jodi Sufrin was raised in Toronto, Canada. Her home upbringing and early experiences as lay cantor at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto pointed her in the direction of the cantorate. For many years, Jodi sang with her older brother specializing in the field of Israeli folk songs. She also pursued a career as a folk singer, serving as warm-up artist for Canadian songwriter and performer, Dan Hill. Fortunately, for all of us, her parents discouraged her from following this path. Cantor Sufrin is married to Cantor Roy Einhorn of Temple Israel in Boston.
Roy Einhorn was the cantor at Temple Israel in Boston for more than 35 years. Cantor Einhorn graduated from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music in 1983. He oversaw Temple Israel’s B’nei Mitzvah Program and taught in the Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center, the Religious School, and Teen Education. In 1986 and 1987, following Temple Israel’s engagement with the Soviet Jewry Movement, Cantor Einhorn went on two missions to the USSR with Temple Israel of Boston colleagues Rabbi Bernard Mehlman and Rabbi Ronne Friedman. Cantor Einhorn continues his engagement with the refuseniks back in the U.S. until today. Today, Temple Israel and Cantor Einhorn are engaged with supporting Syrian refugees in the Boston area.