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Ramon Tasat
… was born in Buenos Aires. He learned Ladino at his grandmother’s knee. He sings many styles including opera and …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… a baal-tefila (cantor), and a teacher of Gemarra. His mother, Malka, came from a family of wealthy contractors. …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… children. Through Hendel-Malka, whom Geshuri considered a mother, he became acquainted with a vast array of popular … Geshuri returned for a short but productive time to his motherland after World War I. He was a member of the … great devekut.” The Hassidim call this melody “The Wailing Mother” (“Ha’em hameqonenet”; Yiddish: “Di klog muter”) and …
Kurt Weill
… in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his mother had rabbinical roots. After establishing himself with …
Ya'akov Orland
… Orland wrote his first song, "We Sing to You, Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David …
Sholom Secunda
… Nicholayev and it was with great trepidation that Sholom’s mother Anna sent him to board with the Lakhman family. …
David Abikzer
… age, and as a child he received encouragement from his mother to continue to sing. At age 17 he moved to Israel …
Dudu Barak
… neighborhood. He was sent to this school because of his mother, who wanted him to get to know the people and the …
Sasha Argov
… age of three and a half Argov began to study piano with his mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in …
Emanuel Zamir
… Zamir founded a magazine, Tslilei Miryam (named after his mother), in which he published his and others' songs, …