Mendy Werdyger

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Mendy Werdyger (born 1959,[1]) is an American Hasidic Jewish singer, songwriter, and owner of the Jewish record label Aderet Records and its retail store, Mostly Music, on 13th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn.[2] In 2010, he released his fifth studio album.[3] He is a son of the famous hazzan (cantor) David Werdyger, brother of popular Jewish singer Mordechai Ben David, uncle of singer Yeedle (Mordechai's son), and father of singer , also known as Sruli Werdyger.

Biography[]

Werdyger grew up in the Crown Heights and Boro Park neighborhoods of Brooklyn, attending yeshivas from grade school through kollel. At age 21, he joined his father's business, Aderet Records.[1] Mendy sang in the children's and then adult back-up choirs on recordings made by his late father, Cantor David Werdyger. Even in later years, he sang in the adult back-up choir on numerous albums of his popular brother, Mordechai Ben David as well as Avraham Fried, Dov Levine, Yerachmiel Begun, and others, as he himself was becoming a solo artist in a fast-pace growing music industry. Mendy also appeared as a guest star vocalist on a number of classic albums produced by Suki & Ding, and others over the years.

Since 1991, he has been the baal tefillah (cantor) for the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayer services at a Gerrer shtiebel in Boro Park, Brooklyn.[4]

Since 2005, Werdyger and more recently his son Meir have been working on audio restoration of old albums. Though he lacks a college degree or professional training in sound engineering, he has re-mastered four CDs[5] worth of songs recorded by Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, using computer software to clear off the scratchy distortions on the original records.[1][6][7]

Family[]

Werdyger is married to Devorah Hinda Rozmarin. They have six children.[1][8] Their son Yisroel released his second album in 2010.[9]

Discography[]

Solo albums[]

  • Sadigur Hokem Malchus Dovid (2005)
  • Tomid B'Chol Yom (2010)

Collaborations[]

  • Father & Sons Biglal Avos (1984) (with David Werdyger, Mordechai Ben David, & Yaron Gershovsky)
  • Chaverim 1 (1990) (with )
  • Chaverim 2 (1991) (with Sheya Mendlowitz & Moshe Laufer)
  • 3 Generations Yom Shekulo Shabbos (1993) (with David Werdyger, Mordechai Ben David, Yeedle Werdyger, Yisroel Lamm)
  • Special Moments The Wedding Album (1995) (with Mordechai Ben David, Yeedle Werdyger, Yisroel Lamm)
  • Zakeinu (1994) (with Yehuda Kaplan)
  • Chaverim 3 (1996) (with )
  • Hadras Kodesh (2004) (with Dudi Kalish)
  • Shabbos with the Werdygers (2006) (with Cantor David Werdyger, Mordechai Ben David, Yeedle Werdyger, Dovid Gabay, Avi Newmark, and Cantor Yakov Yitzchok Rosenfeld)
  • Sefira Beshira (2007) (with Dovid Gabay)
  • Hameorerim (2008)
  • Shabbos with the Werdygers 2 (2010)
  • Unity for Justice (2010)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Berger, Joseph (July 20, 2010). "Bit by Electronic Bit, a Cantor's Voice Is Restored". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Ferber, Elisha (February 9, 2009). "Matzav.com's Exclusive Interview With...Lipa Shmeltzer & Eli Gerstner". matzav.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Kempinski, Yoni (November 23, 2010). "Interview: Hassidic Music Singer Mendy Werdyger". Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Besser, Yisroel. "Advocates at the Gates of Mercy: Reb Mendel Werdyger, Gerrer Beis Medrash of Boro Park". Mishpacha, September 26, 2011, p. 57.
  5. ^ "Od Yosef Chai 4". Mostly Music. 2011. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Mendy Werdyger Featured on NPR". Jewish Music Report. September 7, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  7. ^ Musleah, Rahel (2011). "Remastering a Master". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  8. ^ "Devora Hinda Werdiger". geni.com. 2001. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  9. ^ "First Impression of Yisroel Werdyger's Ashira V'azamra". Jewish Music Report. November 24, 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

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