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Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Shmerke Kaczerginski
Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke…
Yankele Hershkowitz (Herszkowicz)
Yankele Hershkowitz, a tailor by trade, was a popular street performer in the Lodz…
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Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
Zalmen Mlotek
Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist,…
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Federico Consolo
Italian violinist, composer and scholar. Federico Consolo ('Yehiel Nahmani Sefaradi…
Haim Effendi
In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime,…
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Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
Kashtan (Shlomoh ben Shimshon, or Salomon, the son of Samson), aka Salomon Weintraub…
Marcus Hast
Born in Praga (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved…
Yinam Leef
A selection from his biography on the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance website…