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I have heard many a chazzan, and they haven’t all made me tremble. From that I conclude that for me, at least, chazzanut can be about ego, showmanship, interminable elongation of prayers, not in service of the words, not addressed to God, alienating, distancing, and irrelevant or worse.
Feb 14, 2020 · Cantor Jack Mendelson’s style — the operatic hazzanut (classical European Jewish liturgical music), which enjoyed a golden age in early and mid-20th century American synagogues — is heard less and less in America today.
Jul 25, 2005 · A Cantor's Tale: Directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou. With Alan Dershowitz, Jackie Mason. Chazz'n, A Cantor's Story is a documentary film about chazzanut past, present and future through the prism of Chazzan Jack Mendelson's career.
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May 14, 2019 · Cantor Jacob "Jackie" Mendelson: A Chazz'ndl oif Shabbes - YouTube. bluechazzan. 669 subscribers. 518 views 4 years ago. Accompanied by Cantor Daniel Gildar, at the home of Gila and...
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A CANTOR’S HEAD (2020) – One of the world’s leading cantorial masters departs the bema, prompting questions about the dwindling tradition of Jewish sacred music. Cantor Jack Mendelson has been dubbed the Michael Jordan of Hazzanut. He has inspired legions of admirers worldwide, combining spiritual exploration, communal bonding and ...
Jan 1, 2016 · Cantor Moshe Mendelson has been the Chazzan of the Ashkenazi Kehila in Mexico City for 43 years. In this video he teams up with a full Mariachi band to sing Ein Keilokeinu. Shabbat shalom.
Nov 15, 2012 · He is the composer of Weekday Mincha and Maariv and Improvisations on Shabbat Shacharit published by the Cantors Assembly, the organization in which he served as president in 2003 and 2004. Mendelson created the role of Shabtai Tz’vi in the world premiere of Richard Teitelbaum’s Scenes From Tz’vi held at both Bard College and La Biennale in Venice.
