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Berele Chagy
… Born in Dagdo, Russia. Officiated as cantor in Russia, the U.S. and South Africa. Chagy published a book …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… his virtuosity won him the support and admiration of Russian government officials. His audience extended across … as Riga and Budapest, but also crossed the border from the Russian Empire into Prussian territory. He was even offered a permanent position …
Yitzhak Graziani
… in labor camps. After the liberation of Bulgaria by the Russian Red Army in 1944, Graziani married a woman named …
Joseph Michael Gusikow
… Musician. Born in Shklov , Belorussia to a fam il y of 'Klezmerim.' Became famous in Europe …
Jascha Nemtsov
… century up to the 21st century with special emphasis on Russian music. In addition, he has performed several concert … various chamber music formations in Europe, Israel, Canada, Russia and the USA. Source: Jascha Nemtsov's official …
Verdina Shlonsky
… only to Stutschewsky and Boskovich of her generation), in Russian, German, English and Hebrew. She is also the sister …
Israel Rabinovitch
… Born in Byten, Russia, acquired his first musical knowledge from home and …
Moshe Rudinow
… of Odessa and Kherson. While working there, he translated Russian songs into Hebrew and Yiddish, and performed the …
Max Weinreich
… Max Weinreich was a Russian Jewish linguist, specializing in sociolinguistics … Eastern Europe . … Yiddish linguist … Yiddish … Languages … Russia … Max Weinreich …
Herman Svet
… was born January 1, 1893, in Shpole (Kiev province of the Russian Empire, now Ukraine). His father, Menachem Mendel … Berlin. In 1917 he began writing about music for various Russian-language periodicals in Kiev and later switched to … Yiddish daily newspaper Di naye tsayt (The new times) in Russian, and someone on the editorial board would translate …