Biography: Hazzan Neil Schwartz

Hazzan Schwartz was born and raised in the small town of Hibbing in Northern Minnesota
near the Canadian border.

1975 he earned a B.A. in Religion with and concentration in Judaica from Carleton College
in Northfield, Minnesota.

1980 he earned the Diploma of Hazzan from the Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological
Seminary in New York.

He has served synagogues in Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee before coming
to Saskatoon in 2007.

He also has taken five units of Chaplaincy training (Clinical Pastoral Education) in Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin.

Member of the Cantors Assembly and Life Member of CAJE, the Coalition for the Adancement
of Jewish Education.

Lead teacher for the IMUN Program of lay religious leader training for United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism.

Helping develop Jewish educational software Tefillah Trainer (tm) with Kinnor Software to
teach liturgical skills.

Jewish Chaplain for the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Campus. Active in Interfaith
educational programs.

Taught in Ramah Camps, Day Schools, and Scout Troops. Two sons in University and a
daughter entering soon.