Cantor Alane Simons Katzew, Director of Music Programming at the Union for Reform Judaism, is editor of Divrei Shir an adult education curriculum that chronicles the development of music in the Reform Synagogue from 1800's through the modern day. Cantor Katzew initiates and administers programs aimed at educating synagogue musicians and lay leaders about the interrelationship of worship and music. She is an editorial consultant for Transcontinental Music Publications and a featured recording artist on the CD’s - Shabbat Anthology & Nigun Anthology.

In 2006, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion awarded Alane a Doctor of Music degree honoris causa in recognition of her 25 years as an invested cantor. During that period, Cantor Katzew served congregations in Ohio, Illinois and New York. She was a cantor and faculty member at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem, thereby becoming the first invested woman cantor to function in the state of Israel.

Cantor Katzew is recognized as a leader among her colleagues in the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) where she has served as both an officer and board member, on the Union for Reform Judaism commissions on Social Action and Religious Living. She feels blessed to share her life with her spouse, Rabbi Jan David Katzew and their two daughters, Sarit and Cara.