J Street's rabbinic cabinet consists of North American rabbis, cantors and cantorial students. By 1970, Hebrew Union College also began admitting female students for formal cantorial studies. The cantorial school of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion was founded in 1947. At present, the first year of cantorial school at JTS is generally spent in Israel. Rosenblatt perhaps exerted the greatest influence on cantorial music's "Golden Age". David Kaplan served as Cantorial soloist in its early days. All students in the Cantorial School are enrolled in both programs simultaneously. Cantorial students study alongside Rabbinical and Education students. Cantorial certification was awarded after three years of study. Doug is the Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Or Ami, in Calabasas, California.