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Jo Amar
In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry…
Sigmund Mogulesko
Actor and comedian Sigmund Mogulesko was born in Kaloraush, Bessarabia on December 16…
Leon Blank
Leon Blank was born in Lithuania in 1867. When Blank was just a boy, his family moved to…
Abraham Ellstein
Born in New York in 1907 (d. 1963), Ellstein sang as a chorister at local synagogue and…
Moshe Nathanson
Moshe Nathanson, son of Rabbi Nahum Nathanson, was born in Jerusalem in 1899. Until…
Nissan Spivak
Also know as 'Nissi Belzer'. His birth place is uncertain, but most sources agree on…
Reuben Rinder
Born in Tarnów, Galicia (today’s Poland), in 1887, Reuben Rinder studied at the local…
Haim Effendi
In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime…
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Joseph Albaradani
Joseph Albarandi lived in Baghdad during the tenth century. Sources suggest that he…
Jacob Bachman
Jacob Bachmann was born in 1846 in Berdichev (today Ukraine). As a child he studied in a…