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).