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Samuel Vigoda
Born in Dobrzyń, Poland. Studied with his father and later with Yossele Rosenblatt.…
Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Hirsch Weintraub
Hirsch Weintraub was born in Dubno, Poland. He was the son of cantor-composer Solomon…
Albert Weisser
Albert Weisser was Born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parentage.…
Efraim Yaakov
Efraim Yaakov was born in 1953 and raised in Nahariya, to a family from Hogeriya in…
Elias Zaludkowski
Hazzan and writer. Elias Zaludkowski was born in Meitchet, Poland. He was the son…
Akiva Zimmermann
Akiva Zimmerman was born in 1936 in Tel Aviv. He attended the Shalva Gymnasium,…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…