ROGERS PARK
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BIOGRAPHY
Rogers Park is an American Hasidic folk rock duo from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 2011 by childhood friends Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz, the group is named after the Chicago neighborhood where they grew up.
Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz grew up together in the Chabad community of Chicago's Rogers Park area, after which the band would later be named. They were involved in Chabad house outreach activities at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, including manning kosher food stands at the university's State Farm Center during basketball games. They formed Ro