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Jo Amar
… would often travel to his home in Los Angeles to visit his children and their families residing there. Amar did not … Jo Amar also worked on an album that would include new songs he had written. Addiitonally, he completed a … Amar said, “The book will include a list of my songs and scores, a record of my travels around the world, …
Abraham Ellstein
… at local synagogue and also for the Metropolitan Opera Children's chorus. He studied at The Juilliard School, and … 33 scores for Yiddish musical theater, over 500 Yiddish songs, and some scores for Yiddish films. In 1957, he …
Max Leibowitz
… to the United States along with his wife Sarah. He had 3 children. Leibowitz was an American klezmer violinist … Philadelphia). He is listed as composer of some Yiddish songs recorded in the early twentieth century. Full …
Moshe Nathanson
… from sponsor Horowitz-Margarten Matzoh company. Many of the songs aired on the program were performed by a choir … Education to teach 'Shirei Eretz Israel' (Israeli folk songs) to Jewish Day Schools and after-school teachers, so … passed away in February of 1981, survived by his three children: Deena Starr, Naomi Brettler, and Yaron Nathanson. …
Jerome Kern
… parents Fanny and Henry Kern. Jerome was the oldest of nine children, of which only three survived. Kern began his … eventually settling in London, where he began writing songs for British musical hall productions. Returning to … as a staff pianist, and gave him the opportunity to write songs for the company to publish. One of his first hits with …
Joel Walbe
… he published his first song, 'Shir Hashtil.' Many of his songs were intended to fit the needs of settling Zionists in … like 'Hora Medura,' with words by Natan Alterman, shepherd songs like 'Seh Vegdi,' and other Zionist songs. Walbe … These positions gave Walbe a chance to utilize the children's songs he composed, such as 'Kad Katan' and 'Bo'u …
Yetta Zwerling
… with her family to America, and she began to act in children's roles in variety theatre and soon thereafter in … time she performed on the Yiddish radio and sings comical songs and also participated in several movie plays … sister Bessie had performed in music halls.Zwerling's children Artie, Sidney and Albert have acted together with …
Eliakum Zunser
… Eastern European poet and singer. He is known for his songs that preached nationalism and Zionism, and as a badhan … of the Musar movement of R. Israel Salanter, and his songs (' Der Zeiger ' ('The Watch)' and ' Di Blum ' ('The … followed by more songs booklets. In 1871 Zunser lost seven children during a cholera epidemic and, a year later, his …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, … … 0 … Singer … Songwriter … Jewish … North America … Children's Songs … Folk music … Liturgy … Youth … Youth …
Israel Goldfarb
… generation closer to Judaism, Goldfarb worked to create songs adapted to congregational singing, which were … advance Jewish musical education. Together they published songsters suited for communal singing and for use in … responses and services for the yearly cycle, intended for children and for congregational choirs. Israel Goldfarb died …