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Naomi Shemer
… Naomi Shemer was a prolific singer and composer who built a unified Israeli cultural … skill was evident in her childhood, and her career began in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her army …
Joseph Shlisky
… Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a neighboring village … and the Manhattan press anointed him one of the best young singers of the day. Shlisky’s star continued to rise as a …
David Beyglman
… at a young age, studying several instruments, chiefly the clarinet and the violin. In 1912, he became the director of the Yitskhok … harsh conditions of life in the Lodz Ghetto. The Yiddish singer-songwriter took the place of the badhan (wedding …
Max Helfman
… American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist, singer, and educator. He had a long career arranging both … Di naye hagode (1948), a Yiddish-language Cantata about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He directed many choirs and educational institutes on both the east and west coasts, most famously the Brandeis-Bardin …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to parents who were among the founders of the colony. At an early age, he was … the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and players, and founded a small orchestra, that was …
Mordekhai Zeira
… classical music in both Operas that he went to with his mother, and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his … full, and the crowd sang the songs together with a female singer whose name I do not remember. At my right sat a young …
Yosef Hadar
… was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were both members of the Israeli Opera under … of the Hed-Arzi record company. These recordings included singers Miriam Avigal, Dalya Amihud, Miryam Props, and Tova …
Marysia (Miriam) Eisenstadt
… Young singer who performed classical and Jewish music concerts in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. … Singer, “the [Warsaw] ghetto Nightingale” … Marysia (Miriam) …
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
… A talented singer, songwriter and performer who composed 54 songs … is also noteworthy for having created and preserved the largest collection in existence of music composed in the Nazi camps. Because this extraordinary collection …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz ghetto. He composed and performed satirical songs pertaining to major events and to figures of the ghetto. While not much is known about Yankele … 25, 1972 at the age of 61, ended his own life. … Folk singer & entertainer in the Lodz ghetto … Lodz … Ghetto … …