Cantor Michael Zoosman

Cantor Michael Zoosman (he/him/his) is a Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soins spirituels (CASC/ACSS) and received his cantorial ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 2008. He sits as an advisory committee member at Death Penalty Action and is the co-founder of โ€œLโ€™chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty.โ€ Michael is a former Jewish prison chaplain and psychiatric hospital chaplain. Currently, he serves as a Spiritual Health Practitioner (Chaplain) for various mentalhealth outreach teams, working with individuals in the community living with severe mentalhealth disorders and addiction. He lives with his family in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is a progressive Zionist. His opinions are his own.

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