Background
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 Yisroel Werdyger, also known as Sruli Werdyger.
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Mendy Werdyger
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Career
In 2010, he released his fifth studio album. 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.
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.
Though he lacks a college degree or professional training in sound engineering, he has re-mastered four CDs worth of songs recorded by Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, using computer software to clear off the scratchy distortions on the original records. Werdyger is married to Devorah Hinda Rozmarin.
They have six children. Their son Yisroel released his second album in 2010.
