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Avraham Soltes
… life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical student … and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National … T he Maccabean Miracle Reborn (1967). Soltes also led groups of Christian ministers and professors to the Holy …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… a talented milliner. The oldest of four children, he showed musical talent at a young age. After completing secondary … while simultaneously taking violin lessons at the Lycée Musicale. Upon finishing that program, he moved to Paris, … the story of Greek Jewry, and telling his story to groups. His memoir, 'Violinist in Auschwitz' has been …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … transcribe “the folk melodies of the various Jewish ethnic groups.” He reported that most of the material belongs to …
Leib Glanz
… an adolescent, Glanz was involved in several Zionist youth groups and made periodical visits to Eretz Israel. His … gestures from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from communities throughout the Diaspora. While …
Dudu Barak
… who wanted him to get to know the people and the ethnic groups outside Rehavia. The influence of this encounter may … of Dudu Barak are Hebrew lyrics written in a variety of musical styles. He writes mostly Hebrew lyrics to …
Joel Rubin
… Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, Klezmer musician, Ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Jewish music. Since becoming … genres. He has been a member of, or performed with, such groups as Brave Old World , the J oel Rubin Ensemble , and …
Emanuel Zamir
… songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and players, and founded a small … sold on records. In this hopeless struggle against foreign music, in 1948, Zamir started broadcasting on all of the …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague Conservatory of Music, where he received degrees in composition and … efforts inspired other musicians to organize singing groups: Karel Berman formed a girls chorus; Karel Vrba …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … Emanuel Amiran-Pugatchov brought Hadar to the College for Music Educators (Midrasha Lemichanchim Lemusica), which was … he organized practice and performance venues for his groups, while all the while teaching in several schools. In …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… War I. As a youth, he was involved with outlawed Communist groups and was arrested several times, serving a lengthy … for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, …