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Morton Shanok
… for over sixty years as cantor and as chaplain to build the cantorial profession in North America into what it is … Temple Beth-El in Rockaway Park, New York. With outbreak of the war, he served in the US Army as assistant chaplain from 1942 to 1946. After …
Jan Peerce
… in New York City in 1904. Peerce’s first instrument was the violin, beginning his performance career as a violinist … contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts … made his operatic debut in May of 1938 in Philadelphia as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto . Conductor Arturo Toscanini …
Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of …
David Roitman
… David Roitman was born in Dorozhinki, Russia, and was one of the leading cantors of his time. He was apprenticed with … Petersburg (1912-1917) and achieved great esteem both in the local Jewish community and across Europe. In 1923 he immigrated to the US and settled in New York, officiating as a cantor at …
Eitan Avitzur
… as a composer. He completed his professional education at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he specialized in advaced conducting. He has conducted all the important orchestras of Israel in concerts, recordings …
David Zehavi
… Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as part of the first Aliyah. They came to Tiberias and later moved to Rosh Pina, where …
Dudu Barak
… up in Rehavia Neighborhood. As a child, he took part in the 'Pinat Hayeled,' choir, which sang on the radio. Through the choir, Barak got to know the poets Leah Goldberg, Miram …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies covering the life and works of Abraham Moshe Bernstein can be found …
Bronislaw Huberman
… . Was a celebrity violin virtuoso in Europe . Founded the Palestine Orchestra, (later to be called Israel Philharmonic Orchestra). … Violinist & founder of the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra … Bronislaw Huberman …
Joseph Kaminski
… Berlin and Vienna. Worked as a violin player in Warsaw, as the first violin in the Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra. Immigrated to Palestine in 1937 to play first violin in the Palestine Orchestra (later 'Israel Philharmonic …