Judith Ovadia received her Master of Sacred Music and was Invested as Cantor from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music in 1996. In addition to Jewish music and the arts, she enjoys writing about sacred text, issues of social justice, and her own search for holiness through human encounters.  Cantor Ovadia’s  writing on Jewish themes and her Torah commentary have been included in the ACC’s Koleinu and in Living Torah, published by URJ Press.  She publishes a website about Jewish parenting, and is an avid blogger and podcaster.  Cantor Ovadia has performed throughout the United States and Israel.  She served congregations in El Paso, Texas, Philadelphia, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before coming to Temple Shalom of Newton, MA.