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Emanuel Aguilar
Emanuel Aguilar, brother of author Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He…
Sarah Gorby
Sarah Gorby, born in 1900 in Kishinev, Bessarabia (now Chișinău, Moldova), was a…
Jacob Bachman
Jacob Bachmann was born in 1846 in Berdichev (today Ukraine). As a child he studied in a…
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Anita Lasker was born into a German Jewish family in Breslau, then Germany (present…
Experiencing Devekut
“Among hasidim the niggun not only reveals the state of mind of…
The Jazz Singer
Feature. 89 min. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
Regina Prager
Yiddish actress and singer Regina Prager was born in Lemberg ca.1866. Prager began her…
Mezinke (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Sam Musiker
Sam Musiker was an American clarinetist and saxophonist whose…