If the hills are alive with the sound of Julie Andrews’ music, then Cantor Jacob “Jackie” Mendelson would have viewers believe that Brooklyn is once again to be alive with the sound of Chazzanut. But ...

My previous post was about things being the same a lot. Let’s look at the other side now. We Jews call the professional (or semi-pro) who leads tefilla with some greater skill (voice, musicality, ...

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