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Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
Jacques Stroumsa was born in Salonika in 1913, the son of a distinguished teacher and…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Nahum Nardi
Nahum Nardi was born Nahum Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist family in Kiev,…
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
David Zehavi
David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated…
Sasha Argov
Sasha (Alexander) Argov (Abramovich) was born in Moscow on October 26, 1914 and died in…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
Elio Piattelli
Biography by Pasquale Troia
Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in…
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
Israeli composer and teacher. Emanuel Amiran (Pugatchov) was born in Warsaw in 1909 to…
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
Polish cantor and composer. Abraham Ber Birnbaum was born to a Hassidic family in…