Cantor Jamie Marx has been writing and selling Purim spiels since 2016, and they have been performed in over 250 synagogues across North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and New Zealand. He’s been writing parodies since he was a kid, and in a box somewhere there’s a parody of “Man in the Mirror” he co-wrote with his best friend when they were 8 years old.

A composer and songwriter, Cantor Marx has written, recorded, and published numerous pieces, including two albums of Jewish rock (In Pursuit and Restless Heart) and various settings of Jewish liturgical texts. His songs have been published by Transcontinental Music Publications as part of the Shabbat Anthology, Manginot, Chazak V’ematz, Ruach, and Mikraei Kodesh songbooks. 

Cantor Marx received his Master’s in Sacred Music in May 2010 and his cantorial ordination in May 2011, both from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He earned a BA in Music from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 2003. Since 2014, he has served as cantor at Temple Sholom in Broomall, PA. He is married to Anna and is the proud father of Eli and Isaac.

Learn more at CantorJamieMarx.com and JamieMarxMusic.com.