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Nahum Heiman
… the student of the composer Matitiyahu Shalem and the dancer Tirza Hodes. He began playing in Hodes's folk dancing … later, Nitzanim, a song that later became a hit and a folk dance, was composed. Nahche ran back to the dance class, and … subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss …
Ehud Manor
… Manor was a member of the working youth movement and he danced folk dances. He was 15 when his father died. Along with the songs …
Joel Walbe
… Ukraine ). As a boy, his education was standard for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the … teachers. Shalom Walbe, Joel's father, was a wealthy Jewish merchant and a Gabbai. He kept a secluded Jewish … settling Zionists in Palestine . He composed Horas (Israeli dance) like 'Hora Medura,' with words by Natan Alterman, …
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music under the guidance of his grandfather, the klezmer violinist and composer … In 1937-1938 he was the head of the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian SSR. The ensemble … . … Violinist and Conductor … 0 … Conductor … Violinist … Jewish music … Folk music … Klezmer … Mark Isakovich …
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 … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the … the whole congregation from deep melancholy to the mood of dance.” Salomon’s son, Hirsch Weintraub (ca. 1813-1881), was …
Tzipora Jochsberger
… in 1939, and studied in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Moved to the US in 1952, and received a PhD in Jewish Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1972. Published several …
Yinam Leef
… from his biography on the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance website: 'President of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Yinam Leef (Born in Jerusalem in 1953) is one of the … include classical music, jazz, and the unique mixture of Jewish prayers, the chant of the Moazzin and the Old City's …
Jascha Nemtsov
… performed several concert programmes devoted to works by Jewish composers who were persecuted by the Nazis. He is further specialized in Jewish artistic music of the early 20th century both as a … Nemtsov ' at the National Library of Israel website. Jewish Dance No. 1 from the album On Wings of Jewish Songs …
Mendi Rodan
… conducting, Rodan headed the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (1984-1993). According to William Y. Elias, 'as a …
Karel Salmon
… Salmon also taught at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. His works include orchestral and chamber music, … style with near-Eastern, Mediterranean, and Jewish folklore. Salmon often used themes related to Judaism …