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Avraham Soltes
… East Orange and Temple Emanuel in Great Neck. He began his service at West Point as a voluntary chaplain in 1963 and … many cultural and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National Jewish Music Council from 1963 to 1969 and a member of the …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… He returned to Greece in 1935 to perform his military service, teaching French and playing the violin in the … end of the war. Gradually the Nazis imposed a series of ‘Jewish laws’, restricting activities and employment of Jewish Greeks. In March 1943, transports began to Auschwitz. …
Alois Kaiser
… may be mentioned: "Confirmation Hymns" (1873); "Memorial Service for the Day of Atonement" (1879); "Cantata for … William Sparger; preface by Cyrus Adler); "Souvenir of the Jewish Women's Congress at the World's Columbian Exposition" …
Amnon Netzer
… Netzer founded Israel Broadcasting Authority's Persian Service in 1958 and was a professor at the Hebrew University … biography can be viewed at Amnon Netzer Center For Iranian Jewish History And Heritage' s website. Autobiography by …
Leib Glanz
… and at a young age, Leib was trained and encouraged to lead services at his father's congregation. As an adolescent, … genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from communities throughout the … in Tel Aviv. Glanz was also a serious composer of Jewish liturgical music, with a corpus of over 100 works as …
Samuel Naumbourg
… government, Naumbourg set out to revamp the Synagogue service through a serious reform of liturgical music. To … an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important contributions … … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue music & choirmaster … Hazan, …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical services according to … Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September …
David Nowakowsky
… and by his adaptations of German classics for the synagogue service. Nowakowky’s experience conducting the choir at the … such, David Nowakowsky was part of an influential circle of Jewish intellectuals including Saul Tchernikovsky, Chaim … Composer … Conductor … Odessa … Haskalah … Bialik … Music … Jewish … Liturgy … David Nowakowsky …
Abraham Goldfaden
… father took advantage of a new law mandating that Jewish students attending public school would be except from army service. Goldfaden then went on to study at a rabbinical … he began publishing a satirical journal, Yisrolec for the Jewish community living there. The journal was in …
Zecharia Plavin
… Academy of Music since 1990, supplemented by lecturing services in other Israeli colleges. Many master-classes in …