Pictured at the May 9 concert are: (front row, l to r) Cantorial Soloist Tami Cherdack of Congregation Kol Haverim in Glastonbury, Cantor Katchko-Gray, Cantor Donna Gordon of Temple Sinai in Newington; (back row, l to r) second row, Cantor Joshua Konigsberg of B’nai Jacob in Woodbridge, and Cantor Cohn.

Connecticut Cantors Connect – a group of area cantors founded by Cantor Sanford Cohn of The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford and Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray of Temple Shearith Israel in Ridgefield – honored Israel’s fallen at an Israel Remembrance Day performance held at Temple Shearith Israel on May 9. The cantors sang music written by Israeli composers, as well as a special prayer for the State of Israel.