His colleagues, contemporaries, and younger fans all agree: The Jewish music world owes Yigal a tremendous debt of gratitude
Those youthful voices, sung with the inflection of the Queen’s English, created uplifting songs out of powerful pesukim from all over Tanach and Talmud (think “Shimu Melochim” or “Vechi Yadav Shel Moshe”), brought classic tunes to our tefillos (think “Ki Heim Chayeinu” or “Hamalach”), and sang original English and Yiddish-infused lyrics (think “Children of Silence” or “Di Zeides”). And he didn’t hesitate to use choir members’ own compositions on his albums as well. Yigal’s groundbreaking music was the soundtrack of so many childhoods, yet is savored even more with age.
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