VIN News - Dovid Werdyger, Jewish music icon who is considered to be the pioneer of Jewish music as we know it today was Niftar on Thursday morning at age 94.
A legendary chazan and singer and the founder of the Aderet music label, Werdyger was the scion of one of today's most prolific music families and was the father of superstar Mordechai ben David and grandfather of singers Yeedle and Yisroel Werdyger.
The video below is of a Kumzitz program arranged at Scharf's Ateret Avot, a Jewish retirement facility in Brooklyn. Leading the Kumzitz is Chazzan Reb Dovid Werdyger who was a member of the facility. He’s accompanied by Mr. Moshe Y. Scharf proprietor of Scharf’s Ateret Avot.
Video by Eli Scharf administrator at the facility.
Thursday, April 03, 2014
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