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Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt, Bohemia but spent most of his childhood in Iglau,…
Nahum Nardi
Nahum Nardi was born Nahum Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist family in Kiev,…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
Jennie Goldstein
Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. She began acting…
Joel Walbe
Joel Walbe was born in Shepetovka, Volhynia (today Ukraine). As a boy, his education was…
Nissan Spivak
Also know as 'Nissi Belzer'. His birth place is uncertain, but most sources agree on…
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
Israeli composer and teacher. Emanuel Amiran (Pugatchov) was born in Warsaw in 1909 to…
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Al-Mansur Al-Yahudi
Court musician. Al-Mansur Al-Yahudi was court musician for the Umayyad Caliph…
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Abramo Dall' Arpa
Italian musician. Member of the dall'Arpa family from Mantua, whose members were known…