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Jacob Koppel Sandler
… Born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine. Immigrated to the US in 1888 where he worked in the Yiddish theater and was the choral director for several cantors. He composed several Jewish themed operettas, one of …
Herman Svet
… Svet was born January 1, 1893, in Shpole (Kiev province of the Russian Empire, now Ukraine). His father, Menachem Mendel Sveta, was the local cantor. He studied at the 'cheder' (religious elementary …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Joseph Papernikoff was born in the late 1990s (1897 or 1899) in the Russian city of Warsaw, Poland. He was the son of Malka … the Tlomacka Synagogue in Warsaw under the direction of the cantor Gershon Sirota and conducted by the young Leo Liov …
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… (Maharil) was born about 1365 and died in 1427. His father, Rabbi Moshe Levi Moelin was the Rabbi of Nayence. Maharil was a pupil of his father and … beg bread and received food from them. Maharil served as a cantor in his community, and he advocated an attitude that …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… in Manakhah in 1903 [1] to Aharon and Margalit 'Adaki. The family originated from Sana'a, but Yehiel's paternal grandfather left due to starvation in Sana'a, and worked in the H … was always invited to sing at weddings. 'Adaki also learned cantorate from his visits to the synagogue. In 1920 'Adaki …
Israel Adler
… in 1925 and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at the age of eleven. He pursued traditional religious studies … in Jerusalem and in Petah Tikvah. After his release from the military following service in Israel’s War of … in Paris . In 1984 he obtained the “Kavod” Award of the Cantors’ Assembly (U.S.A) and in 1994 he was awarded an …
Israel Alter
… Israel Alter was born in Lvov (then known as Lemberg, today Ukraine) into a Hasidic family with many rabbis. He studied music in Vienna with cantors and teachers of singing and composition, including Cantor Yehuda Leib Miller . At the age of 20, he began serving as the cantor of the …
Abraham Wolf Binder
… Abraham Binder was born in New York to a family of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and Jewish folklore. He was a member of his father’s synagogue choir from a young age, an experience which further developed his knowledge and love of nusach ha’tfillah …
Eduard Birnbaum
… Birnbaum was awarded a sholarship to study hazzanut at the Breslau Theological Seminary, founded by Moritz Deutsch . While … In 1872, he received an offer to officiate as the cantor for the Magdeburg community, where he served for two …
Abraham Baer
… Abraham Baer was born in Wielen , Poland . He worked as a cantor and teacher in several communities throughout western Prussia before settling as a cantor at the Goteborg Synagogue in Sweden in 1857. During his tenure there, along with organist Joseph Czapek, he published Muisk …