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Harry Von Tilzer
Harry Von Tilzer (originally Gumm or Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His…
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry…
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was an American popular songwriter. He was taken to New York in 1893. His…
Dave Tarras
Dave Tarras was born in Ternovka, near Uman, and immigrated to New York in 1921. He…
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in…
Bertha Kalish
Yiddish theater and Broadway actress Bertha Kalish was born in Lemberg (present day Lviv…
Regina Prager
Yiddish actress and singer Regina Prager was born in Lemberg ca.1866. Prager began her…
Jennie Goldstein
Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. She began acting at…
Joel Walbe
Joel Walbe was born in Shepetovka, Volhynia (today Ukraine). As a boy, his education was…
Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim (Munich, 1897- Tel-Aviv, 1984, emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the…