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Mendy Werdyger - Wikipedia

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Mendy Werdyger (born 1959,^[1]) is an American Hasidic singer, songwriter, and owner of the Jewish record label Aderet [Records] Music Corp. and its retail store Mostly Music in Brooklyn.^[2] In 2010, he released his fifth studio album.^[3]

Biography

Werdyger grew up in Brooklyn, attending yeshivas from grade school through kollel. At age 21, he joined his father's business, Aderet Records.^[1] Mendy sang in the choirs on recordings made by his father, David Werdyger and on some of brother Mordechai Ben David's albums as well as those of Avraham Fried, Dov Levine, Yerachmiel Begun, and others.

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

Werdyger has re-mastered four CDs^[5] using computer software to clear up the distortions on the original records.^[1]^[6]^[7]

Family

Werdyger is a son of the hazzan (cantor) David Werdyger, brother of singer Mordechai Ben David,^[1] and uncle of singer Yeedle Werdyger (Mordechai's son).^{[citation needed]} His son Yisroel released his second album in 2010.^[8]

Discography

Solo albums

Chaverim Vol. 1: Chaverim Kol Yisroel (1990) (with Moshe Laufer)
Chaverim 2 (1991) (with Moshe Laufer)
Zakeinu (1994) (prod. Yehuda Kaplan)
Chaverim 3: Ani Holech B'Simcha (1996)
B'Hadras Kodesh (2004) (with Dudi Kalish)
Sadigur Hokem Malchus Dovid (2005)
Sefira Beshira (2007) (with Sruly Werdyger and child soloist Aharon Levi)
Tomid B'Chol Yom (2010)

Collaborative albums

Yom Shekulo Shabbos U'Menucha: Songs of 3 Generations (1993) (comp. David Werdyger; with Mordechai Ben David and Yeedle Werdyger)
Special Moments With: The Wedding Album (1995) (with Mordechai Ben David and Yeedle Werdyger)
Around The Year 4 (1990) (prod. Suki & Ding; with Avrumi Flam, Michoel Streicher, Dov Hoffman, and Yerachmiel Begun)
Shabbos with the Werdygers (2006) (with David, Mordechai, Yeedle, Sruly, Meyer, and Chaim Werdyger)
Hameorerim (2008) (with Mordechai Ben David, Shmuel Broner, Efraim Mendelson, Moshe Weintraub, Shloime Cohen, Gilad Potolski, Yosef Karduner, Sruli Ginsberg, Yanki Eckstein, Simcha Levinstein)
Shabbos with the Werdygers 2 (2010) (with David, Sruli, Mordechai, Chaim, Yeedle, and Meyer Werdyger)

Featured on

David Werdyger, Father & Sons Biglal Avos (1984) (with Mordechai Ben David and Yaron Gershovsky)
Various, Lev V'Nefesh: The Music of Abie Rotenberg (1990)
Gideon Levine and Various,The Best of the Best (1996)
Various, Unity for Justice (2010)

References

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Kempinski, Yoni (November 23, 2010). "Interview: Hassidic Music Singer Mendy Werdyger". Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
^ Besser, Yisroel. "Advocates at the Gates of Mercy: Reb Mendel Werdyger, Gerrer Beis Medrash of Boro Park". Mishpacha, September 26, 2011, p. 57.
^ "Od Yosef Chai 4". Mostly Music. 2011. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
^ "Mendy Werdyger Featured on NPR". Jewish Music Report. September 7, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
^ Musleah, Rahel (2011). "Remastering a Master". Hadassah Magazine. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
^ "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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