2001CRE741 IN HONOR OF DAVID LEFKOWITZ, FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AS CANTOR OF
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IN HONOR OF DAVID LEFKOWITZ, FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AS CANTOR OF
THE PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE
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HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY
of new york
in the house of representatives
Monday, May 7, 2001
Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr.
David Lefkowitz, who will celebrate his 25th anniversary as Cantor of
the Park Avenue Synagogue this month. Mr. Lefkowitz will celebrate the
anniversary alongside members of the synagogue at a morning choral
service and evening formal dinner-dance on May 5, 2001. Mr. Lefkowitz
has served as the Cantor and music director (or hazzan) for the Park
Avenue Synagogue since 1976.
One of Mr. Lefkowitz's most notable accomplishments in his playing of
classical masterpieces of Jewish history. He has also premiered
hundreds of new compositions and, in order to preserve a record of
liturgical Jewish history, also created 44 volumes of Friday evening
and Shabbat morning music. He has also restored and adapted long-
obscure yet important compositions.
Mr. Lefkowitz, the son of a cantor and composer, was born in
Cleveland, OH, and received his musical training at the University of
Pittsburgh, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the Julliard School.
Prior to his work at the Park Avenue Synagogue, Mr. Lefkowitz served
two other prestigious congregations, Paterson, New Jersey's Temple
Emanuel and the Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn. With great
success, Mr. Lefkowitz has performed in recitals, concerts, operatic
roles and as a soloist with choruses and orchestras in oratories and
premiers of new Jewish musical works.
Mr. Lefkowitz is a former president of the American Society for
Jewish Music and is the current president of the David Nowakowsky
Foundation. He is also a faculty member of the School of Sacred Music
at Hebrew Union College.
Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I recognize Mr. Lefkowitz
and his outstanding work in my district. His enormous talent has
provided the Park Avenue Synagogue with original worship music that has
great cultural significance. In fact, many of these compositions have
become the favorite selections of the many members of the Park Avenue
congregation.
I am happy to congratulate Mr. Lefkowitz on his 25 years of service
and recognize the many contributions he has given to the Park Avenue
Synagogue.
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