Avitall Gerstetter

Avitall Gerstetter (; born 1972 ) is the first female hazzan (cantor) in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany. 
Career.
Gerstetter was ordained in 2002. She served as a cantor in Berlin together with cantor Mimi Sheffer and Rabbi Daniela Thau; this was the first time after the Holocaust that women had led the services of the High Holy Days. She serves as cantor in the Oranienburger Straße Synagogue and in the Hüttenweg Synagogue in Berlin, and has created several CDs.
Awards.
In 2007 Avitall was awarded the title of ‘Ambassador for Tolerance’ by the "Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz" of the German government. 