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Esther R. Warkov
Esther Warkov's seminal contributions to the study of Arab music and Arab-Jewish…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…
Gershon Sirota
Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
David Beyglman
David Beyglman, conductor, was born in 1887 in Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland).…
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
A talented singer, songwriter and performer who composed 54 songs during more than…
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…