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Moshe Koussevitsky
Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon, Poland, the eldest of four brothers who all…
Shlomo Ravitz
Shlomo Ravitz was born to Moshe and Fayge in Nevhardak, Belarus. Since childhood, he had…
Arno Nadel
Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in…
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
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Wolf Shestapol
Born in Odessa, Ukraine. Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a prolific composer,…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
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Nissan Blumenthal
Nissan Blumenthal was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, and at the age of 21 held his first…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
David Abikzer
David Abikzer was born in 1939 in Casablanca, Morocco, and it was there that…
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Morton Shanok
Cantor Morton S. Shanok worked for over sixty years as cantor and as chaplain to build…