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Shlomo Ravitz
Shlomo Ravitz was born to Moshe and Fayge in Nevhardak, Belarus. Since childhood, he had…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Jacob Beimel
Born in Parichi, Belarus. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1915. Worked as cantor and conductor…
Ehud Manor
Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, it was…
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
Mark Rabinovich was Born in 1870 in the town of Zdvyzhensk (Kiev province of the…
Ephraim Skliar
Born in Timkovichi, Belarus, and moved to Slutsk at an early age. He studied at the…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…