Raised in Scarsdale, N.Y., Cantor Sacks was invested as a cantor in 2007 from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in New York. She was the recipient of a Wexner Graduate Fellowship and earned several awards as a cantorial student for Traditional Hazzanut, Talmud and Midrash. She holds a B.A. in Jewish Studies and Music from Harvard University where she was active in Harvard Hillel and music community service programs.
Before joining Central Synagogue, Cantor Sacks served as a student cantor and educator at a variety of institutions including the Jewish Community Center of Harrison in Westchester County, N.Y., and Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom in Wyomissing, P.A. She is also currently a faculty member of the Machon Hadar Minyan Project.
Cantor Sacks is married to Eli Sacks, a PhD candidate in the Department of Religion at Princeton University.
