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Shmerke Kaczerginski
… Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke Kaczerginski lost both his …
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
… , where he became active in the cultural affairs of the city’s Jewish community. Hershkowitz was deeply saddened by …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… Seminary and at the Herzliah Teachers Institute in New York City. He is an ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award winner for …
Leon Lishner
… operas. He performed in many productions with the New York City Opera and the NBC Opera Theatre during the 1950s and …
Elio Piattelli
… sounds. Their style, their melodic 'flavor', in their simplicity and linearity (which facilitates and favors everyone’s … the occasion of the fourth centenary of the founding of the city. So he writes to his mother: 'M[aestro] Gai very kindly …
Nahum Heiman
… videocassettes. Heiman has a unique love affair with the city of Jerusalem, to which he wrote a number of songs. The … the late fifties and early seventies. In October 2003, the city of Petah Tikva held a tribute evening in honor of …
Joseph Schillinger
… Empire (present-day Ukraine) and died in New York City. Full biography at Wikipedia. … Music theorist & …
Josef Bonime
… family as a young boy. Bonime studied composition at The City College of New York and piano performance at Julliard. …
Max Leibowitz
… klezmer bandleaders and recording artists in the New York City area that included Abe Schwartz , Joseph Moskowitz …
Moshe Nathanson
… traditional heder (all-boys religious school) in the old city of Jerusalem. Moshe left the heder to attend Bet …