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Brooklyn Synagogue has been home for virtuosic cantors

By Doug Doyle
Published April 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM EDT
Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park has been a destination for lovers of cantorial music for more than 100 years
Jon Kalish
Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park has been a destination for lovers of cantorial music for more than 100 years

For more than a century a synagogue in Brooklyn has been the epicenter of cantorial music in America. Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park was home to some of the greatest cantors of the 20th and 21st Centuries.

WBGO's Jon Kalish take us inside the house of worship that gained fame as the Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn…

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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