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Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
Jacques Stroumsa was born in Salonika in 1913, the son of a distinguished teacher and…
Hirsch Weintraub
Hirsch Weintraub was born in Dubno, Poland. He was the son of cantor-composer Solomon…
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Sigmund Schlesinger
Sigmund Schlesinger was one of the most influential figures among the group of mid- to…
Abigail Wood
Lecturer in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, University of Haifa. Completed…
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
Naomi Cohn Zentner is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Bar Ilan…
Michael Lukin
Michael Lukin was born in Leningrad, USSR, completed his BA degree at the Jerusalem…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
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Wolf Shestapol
Born in Odessa, Ukraine. Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a prolific composer,…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…