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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.

Burns was born under the name Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 and was nicknamed "Nattie" by his family. His father was Eliezer "Louis" Birnbaum (1855-1903), a coat presser who also served a ...