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Avraham Soltes
Avraham Soltes was born on March 3, 1917, in New York City, to parents who recently…
Eduard Birnbaum
Eduard Birnbaum was born in 1855 in Cracow to a family of notable Rabbis and scholars.…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study…
My life: A sketch
An autobiographical sketch written after Idelsohn retired from the Hebrew Union College…
Moritz Rosenhaupt
By Edwin Seroussi
German cantor and composer Moritz/Moses Rosenhaput was born (see…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…