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Mordekhai Zeira
… was with the poet Yaakov Orland . Their names appeared together so many times, that many thought that Zeira's … a young man from Kibbutz H anita died in action. This inspired me to write a song, and when I came to Mitieh (Zeira), I … unknown today, sang it at the theater, and it soon spread across the land. Shney Shoshanim In a newspaper interview, …
Neil Levin
… from historical, musicological, ethnological, Judaic, and cross-cultural perspectives. While he has lectured, written, and taught courses on a diverse array of … and western spheres of Ashkenazi Jewry in terms of their sacred, secular art, theatrical, and folk music; and the …
Nurit Hirsh
… Hundreds of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the … to constitute part of the repertoire of dancing groups all across Israel. In many cases the composer of these songs is …
Leon Blank
… Hebrew Actors Union in 1899. During the 1920’s Blank appeared regularly in Jacob Gordin’s plays at the National … Theater, and Public Theater in New York. Blank also toured the U.S, performing extensively in Yiddish theaters across the country. On several occasions, he was offered …
Aaron Lebedeff
… in Gomel, Russia in 1873. As a young adult, he often appeared in Warsaw, where he began his career on stage. He was … the Russian Revolution, he gave concerts for the American Red Cross troupes. Finally in 1920 he moved to New York, where …
Jerome Kern
… largest publishing company house on Tin Pan Alley. Dryfus hired Kern as a staff pianist, and gave him the opportunity to … Elizabeth Marbury's Princess Theater. In 1920, Kern was hired to compose music for Florenz Ziegfield's extravagant … the most successful: Stepping Stones; Sunny; and Criss Cross. By far Kern's most celebrated musical was Show Boat …
Bertha Kalish
… of Abraham Goldfadn 's play Shulamit. Kalish also toured with Goldfadn’s company in Budapest and Bucharest, where … English-language theater. Between 1905 and 1926, Kalish starred in over ten plays including: Monna Vanna (1905), The … addition, one of Kalish’s most memorable roles was as the cross-dressing star of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 1901 at the …
Yetta Zwerling
… to act through the province, coming to New York and entered into the 'Grand' Theatre, where she performed in Yiddish … then to the 'National' Theatre. Zwerling also toured across America and Canada with the stars in their …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… of Russian government officials. His audience extended across all of Eastern Europe. He traveled not only as far as … the Russian Empire into Prussian territory. He was even offered a permanent position in Kępno (Kempen), which then … the chief cantor of the Jewish Community of Berlin, declared in his compendium of short cantorial biographies that …
Pnina Salzman
… “The first lady of the piano in Israel,' and, 'She is considered the first Israel-born pianist to achieve international … of the State of Israel. She has also been considered one of Israel’s most cherished cultural ambassadors over … fifty years. Most importantly, she was the only pianist who crossed the mark of two-hundred performances with the Israel …