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Max Leibowitz
… to the United States along with his wife Sarah. He had 3 children. Leibowitz was an American klezmer violinist … Philadelphia). He is listed as composer of some Yiddish songs recorded in the early twentieth century. Full …
Moshe Nathanson
… from sponsor Horowitz-Margarten Matzoh company. Many of the songs aired on the program were performed by a choir … Education to teach 'Shirei Eretz Israel' (Israeli folk songs) to Jewish Day Schools and after-school teachers, so … passed away in February of 1981, survived by his three children: Deena Starr, Naomi Brettler, and Yaron Nathanson. …
Jerome Kern
… parents Fanny and Henry Kern. Jerome was the oldest of nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his … eventually settling in London, where he began writing songs for British musical hall productions. Returning to … as a staff pianist, and gave him the opportunity to write songs for the company to publish. One of his first hits with …
Joel Walbe
… he published his first song, 'Shir Hashtil.' Many of his songs were intended to fit the needs of settling Zionists in … like 'Hora Medura,' with words by Natan Alterman, shepherd songs like 'Seh Vegdi,' and other Zionist songs. Walbe … These positions gave Walbe a chance to utilize the children's songs he composed, such as 'Kad Katan' and 'Bo'u …
Yetta Zwerling
… with her family to America, and she began to act in children's roles in variety theatre and soon thereafter in … time she performed on the Yiddish radio and sings comical songs and also participated in several movie plays … sister Bessie had performed in music halls.Zwerling's children Artie, Sidney and Albert have acted together with …
Eliakum Zunser
… Eastern European poet and singer. He is known for his songs that preached nationalism and Zionism, and as a badhan … of the Musar movement of R. Israel Salanter, and his songs (' Der Zeiger ' ('The Watch)' and ' Di Blum ' ('The … followed by more songs booklets. In 1871 Zunser lost seven children during a cholera epidemic and, a year later, his …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, … … 0 … Singer … Songwriter … Jewish … North America … Children's Songs … Folk music … Liturgy … Youth … Youth …
Israel Goldfarb
… generation closer to Judaism, Goldfarb worked to create songs adapted to congregational singing, which were … advance Jewish musical education. Together they published songsters suited for communal singing and for use in … responses and services for the yearly cycle, intended for children and for congregational choirs. Israel Goldfarb died …
Yitzhak Graziani
… choir, which he conducted for 12 years, founding its children's choir, various theater productions (in Habimah, … Graziani wrote over a thousand arrangements of Israeli songs, many of which were written to increase the Israeli …
Moshe Rudinow
… and Kherson. While working there, he translated Russian songs into Hebrew and Yiddish, and performed the music of … of their shows included operatic arias and Jewish songs, mainly sung by Moshe. In 1925, the couple left for … to Oakland, California, in order to be closer to their children. Moshe Rudinow died in 1953. As a composer, Rudinow …