Getting to know Cantor Rodnizki –
Cantor Danielle Rodnizki’s journey, beginning at Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater, FL, fostered her deep understanding of the role of music in shaping a congregation’s spiritual life. Her early experiences in songleading with the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) and various summer camps, coupled with her work in congregations, paved the way for her cantorial studies. She has been songleading and worship-leading for twenty years, and she is honored to have sung with summer camps, synagogues, and regional youth groups across the United States. Each such experience has energized her, consistently moved by the spark created whenever people sing together in community.
In 2013, Cantor Rodnizki graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Spanish (Latin American Literature) and Psychology. A proud alumna of the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, she was ordained in 2020. While in seminary, she participated in the prestigious Tisch/Star Fellowship, and she was the recipient of various awards, including the Rabbi Rick Jacobs Prize for Creativity and Imagination in the Leadership of Worship.
Cantor Rodnizki is passionate about crafting innovative and intentional prayer experiences, and she is grateful to have explored this topic in her studies at HUC-JIR, as the Cantorial Intern at Central Synagogue in New York, NY, and in her tenure as Associate Cantor at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, NY. She is thrilled that her journey has brought her to Charlotte to serve the incredible Temple Beth El community as their Cantor.
