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==Golden age== The period between the two world wars is often referred to as the "golden age" of {{lang|he-latn|hazzanut}} (cantorial performance). The great figures of this era include [[Zavel Kwartin]] (1874β1953), [[Moritz Henle]] (1850β1925), [[Yossele Rosenblatt|Joseph "Yossele" Rosenblatt]] (1882β1933), [[Gershon Sirota]] (1874β1943), and [[Leib Glantz]]. In the postβWorld War II period, prominent cantors were [[Moshe Koussevitzky]], [[David Werdyger]], [[Frank Birnbaum]], [[Richard Tucker (tenor)|Richard Tucker]] and [[Abraham Lopes Cardozo]] (1914β2006). Operatic tenor [[Jan Peerce]], whose cantorial recordings were highly regarded, was never a cantor by profession but often served as one during the [[High Holidays|high holidays]]. Popular contemporary cantors include [[Shmuel Barzilai]], [[Naftali Hershtik]], [[Yitzchak Meir Helfgot]], Chazzan Avraham Aharon Weingarten, Ari Klein, [[Yaakov Lemmer]], [[Joseph Malovany]], [[Benzion Miller]], Jacob (Jack) Mendelson, Aaron Bensoussan, Aaron Aderet, Alberto Mizrahi, Yaakov Yoseph Stark, Jochen (Yaacov) Fahlenkamp, Meir Finkelstein, Alex Stein, Daniel Gross,<ref>{{cite web |title=Hazzan Daniel Gross - Adat Shalom Synagogue |url=https://adatshalom.org/about/our-clergy/}}</ref> [[Azi Schwartz]], Netanel Hershtik and Eli Weinberg.
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