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Jacqueline Rafii is the Senior Cantor and Music Director of Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue (VBS). She is best known for her creative, multi-generational musical initiatives that invigorate and build community.

Prior to joining VBS, Cantor Rafii served for five years as the Cantor of Shomrei Torah Synagogue (now Hamakom LA). She was ordained as a Hazzan and earned her Master's in Sacred Jewish Music from the Academy for Jewish Religion California. For her Master's thesis, she conducted original fieldwork in the area of preserving, notating, and sharing Persian Jewish prayer melodies.

Prior to becoming a cantor, she earned her JD from UCLA School of Law and practiced entertainment law. Cantor Rafii is a published composer and pianist, and performs Jewish music in Hebrew, Ladino, Farsi and English. She is an Alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.

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