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Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke…
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
Yankele Hershkowitz, a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz…
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
Zalmen Mlotek
Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist,…
Federico Consolo
Italian violinist, composer and scholar. Federico Consolo ('Yehiel Nahmani Sefaradi…
Haim Effendi
In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime,…
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
Kashtan (Shlomoh ben Shimshon, or Salomon, the son of Samson), aka Salomon Weintraub…
Marcus Hast
Born in Praga (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved…
Yinam Leef
A selection from his biography on the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance website…