Nichole Chorny is the Cantorial Intern at Congregation Anshei Israel in Tucson, Arizona and in 2024 is celebrating her 10th year serving the congregation. She also began serving as Education & Youth Director in July 2020, and is currently participating in the CICA program (Cantorial Intern of the Cantors Assembly). As a native Tucsonan, Nichole has deep roots in the Tucson Jewish community. Nichole has developed and nurtured meaningful relationships with congregants of all ages and continues to develop family and youth programming, along with synagogue-wide programming for cross-generational engagement. She encourages life-long Jewish learning by continuing to grow lay-leadership, post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah service leaders, and Torah/Haftarah readers. Nichole has a passion for fostering a love of Judaism in congregants of all ages.
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