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David Werdyger (Hebrew: אלתר דוד יצחק ורדיגר) (30 October 1919 – 2 April 2014) was a Polish-American Hasidic Jewish hazzan and solo singer who was considered one of the pioneers of 20th-century Jewish music.1 A Holocaust survivor who was incarcerated in several Nazi concentration camps , including the factory run by Oskar Schindler , Werdyger moved to Brooklyn , New York , after World War II and began recording albums featuring the music of the Bobov , Boyan , Skulen , Melitz , Radomsk , and Ger Hasidic dynasties, recording 60 albums in all. He also founded and operated a successful travel agency , Werdyger Travel, and established the Jewish record label, Aderet Records, now managed by his son Mendy . He was the father of popular Jewish singer Mordechai Ben David and the grandfather of Jewish singers Yeedle (Mordechai's son) and Yisroel Werdyger (Mendy's son). Werdyger collaborated with well known musical arrangers and directors including, Velvel Pasternak, Vladimir Heifetz, Yaakov Goldstein, Yisroel Lamm, Herschel Lebovits, Moshe Laufer, and others for his recordings.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
David Werdyger is a popular Hazzan , and the author of Songs of Hope . His son is Mordechai ben David (David referring to his father, "ben" meaning son of in Hebrew ). He is also a retired businessman, having operated an extremely successful travel agency (Werdyger Travel) and having founded Chassidic recording company Aderet (Aderet Records and Tapes). Another son, Mendel (Mendy), is also a singer, as well as the owner and operator of Aderet and its retail arm, Mostly Music. Two of his grandsons are Jewish music performers; they are Yeedle (Avigdor Yehuda) , son of Mordechai ben David, and Mendy's son Yisroel Werdyger . He is a Holocaust survivor. He recorded many albums for various Chassidic groups. They include Bobov (child vocalist is the present Bobover Rebbe Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam ), Satmar , Boyan , Skulen (2 albums), Sadiger , Ger (3 Albums)
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Musical artist David Werdyger (30 October 1919 – 2 April 2014) born in Poland , was a Hasidic Jewish Hazzan and solo singer, who was considered one of the pioneers of 20th-century Jewish music.A Holocaust survivor who was incarcerated in several Nazi concentration camps , including the factory run by Oskar Schindler , Werdyger moved to Brooklyn , New York after World War II and began recording albums featuring the music of the Bobov , Boyan , Skulen , Melitz , Radomsk , and Ger Hasidic dynasties, recording 60 albums in all.He also founded and operated a successful travel agency , Werdyger Travel, and established the Jewish record label, Aderet Records, now managed by his son Mendy .He was the father of popular Jewish singer Mordechai Ben David and the grandfather of Jewish singers Yeedle (Mordechai's son) and Yisroel Werdyger (Mendy's son).
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Polish-American Hasidic Jewish hazzan and solo singer Musical artist David Werdyger ( ; 30 October 1919 – 2 April 2014) was a Polish-American Hasidic hazzan and solo singer. A Holocaust survivor who was incarcerated in several Nazi concentration camps , including the factory run by Oskar Schindler , Werdyger moved to Brooklyn , New York , after World War II and began recording albums featuring the music of the Bobov , Boyan , Skulen , Melitz , Radomsk , and Ger Hasidic dynasties, recording 60 albums in all. He also established the Jewish record label Aderet Records, now managed and owned by his son Mendy Werdyger .He was the father of singer Mordechai Ben David and the grandfather of singer Yeedle Werdyger (Mordechai's son).Werdyger collaborated with Velvel Pasternak , among others, in his recordings.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Polish-American Jewish cantor Musical artist David Werdyger ( Hebrew : אלתר דוד יצחק ורדיגר ; 30 October 1919 – 2 April 2014) was a Polish-American Hasidic hazzan and solo singer. A Holocaust survivor who was incarcerated in several Nazi concentration camps , including the factory run by Oskar Schindler , Werdyger moved to Brooklyn , New York , after World War II and began recording albums featuring the music of the Bobov , Boyan , Skulen , Melitz , Radomsk , and Ger Hasidic dynasties, recording 60 albums in all. He also established the Jewish record label Aderet Records, now managed and owned by his son Mendy Werdyger . He was the father of singer Mordechai Ben David and the grandfather of singer Yeedle Werdyger (Mordechai's son). Werdyger collaborated with Velvel Pasternak , among others, in his recordings.
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polish-american hasidic hazzan and solo singer
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