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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 … with the global yearnings of the San Francisco Jewish community. The “Society for the Advancement of Synagogue …
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 …
Haim Effendi
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …
Joshua (Osias) Abrass
… between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman , during which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: the Pitsists … Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica ; Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman); Jewish Encyclopedia. A …
Abramo Dall' Arpa
… moneylender Abraham Levi, a prominent member of the Mantuan Jewish community. In 1542 he participated in a dramatic production …
Jacob Bachman
… between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman, in which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: the Pitsists …
Abraham Caceres (Casseres)
… (Casseres) was the leading musician in the Portuguese community of Amsterdam . Only a few of his compositions …
Jacob Blanes
… monograph, Musical Life and Traditions of the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam in the XVIIIth Century . … Cantor …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… all of his career. He is most closely associated with the Jewish community of Dubno (today in western Ukraine), but although … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… Deborah Lynn Friedman was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. Friedman’s compositional … religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, and …