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Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Eliezer S. Abinun
The Rev Eliezer Abinun Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1912. He began his studies at the…
Shemele (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Jo Amar
In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry…
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke…
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
Eleanor Chana Mlotek (neé Eleanor 'Chana' Gordon) was…
Amnon Shiloah
Born in Lanus, Argentina in 1928 to a family of Jewish immigrants from Syria, Shiloah…
Ury Eppstein
Dr. Ury Eppstein, one of the earlier scholars associated with the Jewish Music Research…