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Elliott Kanbar studied the complexities of the Torah when he was a student for eight years at the Yeshiva Etz Chaim in Brooklyn. He learned about the writing of great lyrics and verses when he hosted and produced the syndicated radio show Wild About Broadway for four years. The show featured brilliant lyricists like Oscar Hammerstein II E.Y. Harburg Johnny Mercer Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porter. Kanbar currently resides in New York.