Mendy Werdyger (born 1959,[1] Brooklyn, New York) is an American Hasidic Jewish singer, songwriter, and owner of the Jewish record label Aderet Records and its retail store, Mostly Music, in Boro 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 Yisroel Werdyger.
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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]
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]
Werdyger is married to Devorah Hinda Rozmarin. They have six children.[8][1] Their son Yisroel, also known as Sruli Werdyger, released his second album in 2010.[9]