Cantor Norman Cohen Falah

Norman Cohen Falah, or Cantor Norman as he is best known, currently and proudly serves Temple Sinai of North Dade as its full-time Cantor.

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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Norman is the son of an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father. Both of these traditions, bore a strong influence on his upbringing, inspiring him to pursue a lifelong celebration of the two cultures.

 

In his early twenties, Norman ‘heard the call’ and decided to study Hazzanut at the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, from where he obtained his ordination as Cantor. He also studied guitar and piano at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires.

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After many years serving as Cantor in Argentina, he moved to Europe, serving the Liberal Jewish Congregation of Amsterdam for three years and Belsize Square Synagogue in London for six years. Having both synagogues been founded by German refugees, Cantor Norman specialized in those years in the German Jewish musical tradition popularized mostly by composers like Lewandowski and Sulzer. 

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Since his arrival to Miami in 2012, he has produced two CDs: “Tefilatina! A celebration of Jewish music with a Latin twist”, and his most recent album “In the blink of an eye”, the first studio CD of Cantor Norman’s original music set for Jewish Prayers and English songs, the latter being co-written and commissioned by Mordechai and Esther Fintz as part of their book and project "What makes our life a success?" 

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As a composer, Cantor Norman has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes. He has written many songs, among them several liturgical compositions, many of which have been adopted by congregations around the world for use in their services.