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Platon Brounoff
… Founded and conducted the Poale Tsion Choir, the first Jewish secular choir in America. Collected over 300 Jewish folk songs, some of which he arranged for his choir. … Jewish Music , Macy Nulman. Passport to Jewish Music: its History, Traditions and Culture. Additional biographical …
Anshel Schorr
… Secunda’s 1927 musical comedy Zayn yidishe meydl (His Jewish Girl). The play premiered at Schorr’s own Liberty … of Yiddish theater music. To learn more about the history and content of Mayn yidishe meydele , visit the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music website and peruse their exhibit entitled, “ …
Frida Zibel-Goldstein
Frida Zibel was a Yiddish actress. She performed at Galicia and America.
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Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling was a Yiddish actress in America during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Reuben Rinder
… he moved to the United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial … Reuben Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers and Rose Rinder’s oral history (UC Berkeley), this paper connects Rinder’s approach …
Zalmen Mlotek
… Yiddish folk and theater music and a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. As the Artistic Director … Jews who have had a profound impact on the American Jewish community. Zalmen Mlotek is the son of Joseph Mlotek … National Library of Israel website. Zalmen Mlotek's Oral History (video) on Yiddish Book Center website. Interview …
Mickey Katz
… an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz is most well known for his parodies, but … in the middle of the song. His songs often lampooned both Jewish and American culture. His songs have been compiled … 'Katz, Meyer Myron' in Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. More Bibliography: Katz, Mickey, Papa, …
Haim Effendi
… critical era of deep social and cultural transition in the history of the Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …
Eliakum Zunser
… Vilna, and he was encouraged to study Hebrew literature and history. After his second marriage Zunser lived chiefly in … versions. Its theme was the joy of returning to plow the Jewish earth in the Holy Land. Zunser himself hoped to … online March, 1 2009. Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975. ' …
Pnina Salzman
… Academy of Music, The First Fifty Years: Studies in the History of Higher Music Education in Israel 1945–1995 …