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N. Y. Congregation Engages Ethiopian Cantor; Served in Negro Synagogue

July 1, 1963
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An Ethiopian Jew, currently in his third year of study at Yeshiva University’s Cantorial Institute, has been appointed to serve as Cantor at The Brotherhood Synagogue here during the summer months.

Cantor Eliezer Brooks, 39, who is affiliated with Congregation Boneh Y’rush alayim, a Bronx synagogue whose members are Negroes, will substitute for the temple’s regular cantor, Leib Mirkovic. The Brotherhood Synagogue, which shares the premises of the Village Presbyterian Church in Greenwich Village, has invited the Bronx congregation to attend its Sabbath services.

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