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Mattityahu Shelem
Born in Zamoscz, Poland. Immigrated to Palestine in 1922, settled in Kibbutz Bet-Alfa…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
Mikhail Gnesin
Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Jacob Beimel
Born in Parichi, Belarus. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1915. Worked as cantor and conductor…
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
Lazar Weiner
For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here
David Zehavi
David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated…
Dudu Barak
Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew…