Cantor Michael Zoosman (he/him/his) is a Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soinsspirituels (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 โLโchaim! 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 mental–health outreach teams, working with individuals in the community living with severe mental–health disorders and addiction. He lives with his family in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is a progressive Zionist. His opinions are his own.