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Israel Meyer Japhet
Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel, Germany. In 1853 he began working as choir…
Pinhas Jassinowsky
Pinhas Jassinowsky was born in Romanovka, a small town outside of Kiev, Ukraine.…
Hanina Karaczewski
Hanina Karaczewski was born in Petrovka, Bessarabia. Before immigrating to Palestine in…
Alter Yehiel Karniol
Alter Karniol was born in Dzialoszyce, a small province in Poland. He studied under…
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak Mizrahi, who was … few years of Asher’s life, his family moved outside the old city walls and built a new home across from the Sephardic … many young Jewish residents of Jerusalem fled the city or hid in order to escape the Turkish draft. Rabbi …
Jan Peerce
… (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904. Peerce’s first instrument was the violin, … he was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts of Radio City Music Hall performances won him recognition as a gifted …
Dudu Barak
… Could Barak have written the same song about a different city, Tel Aviv for example? He answers in an interview with …
Bronislaw Huberman
Born in Czestochowa, Poland. Was a celebrity violin virtuoso in Europe. Founded the…
Edward Stark
… community concentrated in the 'East 50’s' of New York City , and Josef was hired to officiate at Congregation Adat …
Joseph Shlisky
… not far from the synagogue, in the heart of The Ward, the city’s bustling, growing Jewish district. As a soloist in … recitals and fundraisers for the war effort attended by the city’s Anglo-Saxon Protestant gentry as well as its …