Career
She is sometimes reported to be the first female cantor, although in fact Julie Rosewald precedes her. Robbins was appointed cantor of the reform Temple Avodah in Oceanside, New York in 1955, when she was 31 and the Temple was without a cantor for the High Holidays. Her appointment was reported on the front page of the New York Times.
In addition to her cantorial work, Robbins taught religious education at the Sinai Reform Temple in Bay Shore, Long Island and later in Lake Worth, Florida, where she also continued to serve as a cantor.
