About Jacques Judah Lyons

Jacques Judah Lyons was a Surinamese-born Spanish Portuguese Jewish American hazzan, composer, amateur historian, and man of much community service. He is famous for his long tenured hazzanut at Congregation Shearith Israel, his community service and charitable work, his self composed melodies, and his strict adherence to and support of Jewish tradition in the face of assaults upon it from movements to reform.

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Jacques Judah Lyons

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