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Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… production, working with diesel motors imported from Germany. He assiduously expanded his linguistic abilities, … in their country until the end of the war. Gradually the Nazis imposed a series of ‘Jewish laws’, restricting …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… and focused exclusively on Hassidic and, later, on non-Ashkenazi Jewish musical traditions too. Further adding to the … that time, he found an affinity between Yemenites and Ashkenazi Jews from Poland (i.e. not from Germany!), a connection that will later allow him to claim …
Joseph Achron
… house “Jibneh,” taught violin and toured throughout Germany and abroad ( Latvia , Austria , Italy and Egypt ). … knew from his previous sojourn in Berlin and who had fled Nazi Germany. Most importantly, Achron became friendly with …
Paul Ben-Haim
… had already developed a career as a conductor of operas in Germany in the early 1930s, which he was forced to forsake … written since adolescence, and Hakhnisini , featuring Ashkenazi tints. His 1940 Symphony No. 1 was the first symphony …
Marcus Hast
… (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved to London, and worked there as a cantor … : Hast claims to have published the first volume of Ashkenazi Synagogue music in England (the very first of all, …
Jascha Nemtsov
… a concert diploma, with distinction. He lives in Berlin (Germany). He has recorded nearly forty CDs. Jascha Nemtsov’s … to works by Jewish composers who were persecuted by the Nazis. He is further specialized in Jewish artistic music of …
Robert Starer
… and came to Palestine after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany. After serving in the British Air Force, he settled …
Else Lasker-Schüler
… with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem. … of Israel. The official site of Else Lasker-Schüler (in Germany). Lasker-Schüler' songs can be heard on spotify …
Mordechai Breuer
… school, an institution founded by Haredi immigrants from Germany. In 1942, Breuer studied in a course for music … of research were mainly the history of Orthodox Judaism in Germany (Neo-Orthodoxy), and the world of yeshivot and their … Main) … German Synagogue … Synagogue music … Western Ashkenazi … Mordechai Breuer …
Judit Frigyesi
… (with expertise in the music of Béla Bartók and Ashkenazic prayer chant). Her archive is the largest integral … poetry, film, audio, and live performance (performances: Germany, Hungary, Israel). Her recently published book …