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Fritz (Friedrich) Kriesler
… Jewish heritage, he was however baptised at the age of 12. He was one of the most noted violin masters of his day and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his …
Ehud Manor
… Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, it was said: 'Ehud Manor, born in Binyamina and a …
Uzi Hitman
… family lived in Giv'at Shmu'el. When Hitman turned 6 they moved to Ramat Gan, where he lived for the rest of his life. His parents were survivors of the Bergen Belzen concentration camp. Hitman's father …
Alondra (musical group)
… Maria-Theresa Escribano; vocals Aron Saltiel; vocals and guitar …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He … “Ismach Moshe, “Shir Hashikor,” “Harini Shar,” and others. Amar was a leader of the emerging Mizrahi music scene in Israel, however during …
Constantinople
… Group Members : Kiya Tabassian; Guy Ross, Matthew Jennejohn, Isabelle Marchand, and Ziya Tabassian. … …
Joseph Roman Cycowski
… of opera and popular music in Europe, and a cantor in the United States. Cycowski born into a Hasidic family in … to Germany in 1921 to become an opera singer and joined the popular vocal sextet, the Comedian Harmonists in 1927. He immigrated to the U.S. …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… Bessarabia on December 16, 1858. As a young boy, he sang in the local Synagogue choir and apprenticed with several … adult, he moved to Bucharest, Rumania in order to study at the Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies at the Conservatory, Mogulesko joined Abraham Goldfaden …
Sigmund Feinman
… to Jacob Adler) established a reputation in London and on the Continent. He played Othello in Romania, 1909, and died while rehearsing in Lodz. … of Feinman's own plays and translations were acquired by the YIVO Institute. His wife dinah feinman (1862–1946) acted …
Leon Blank
… Even from an early age, Blank felt an attraction to Yiddish theater. When the opportunity to travel to the United States with Sigmund Mogulesko ’s theater company …