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Salah El Kuweiti
… Iraqi style. He was very important to Baghdadi musical life – headed the Iraqi broadcasting channel ensemble and …
Yoel David Lewensohn- Strashunsky
… In 1849, he severed his ties with his family and ended his life in an asylum. Lewensohn Became a legendary figure due to his talent and his tragic life. Several of his compositions have been preserved. … Vilner shtot khazn were produced based on Strashunsky's life. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy …
Betty Olivero
… for the Performing Arts (Israel, 2004), the ACUM prize for Life Achievements (Israel, 2004), the Prime Minister's …
Pnina Salzman
… which she gained outstanding reviews: 'Only once more in my life has a young artist inspired me to such an exultant … Summer Piano Course—as she frequently did throughout her life. In 2005, she still maintained a busy schedule of … Salzman, a devout Zionist, made the decision early in her life not to leave Israel for any career reason that required …
Oedoen Partos
… 1977, immigrated in 1938) had an impact on Israeli musical life immediately after his arrival, and throughout his lifetime. He was the first laureate of the Israel Prize …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… Eliyahu Navon excelled as well. From an early stage in life, Navon was influenced by the new currents which spread … of his own. Navon was an active poet and singer all of his life, and dedicated much of his time to these activities. … year, and after losing his eyesight, Navon fulfilled his lifelong dream: to settle in Palestine. He settled in …
Europa Rossi
… Judaica , brings up several assumptions about her life, suggesting that she sang in women's vocal ensembles …
Simeon Bar-Isaac
… by the pain of the persecutions of the Jews in Bar-Isaacs' lifetime. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Paytan … …
Else Lasker-Schüler
… a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few … fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem. Some of Lasker-Schüler's poems were …
Joseph Papernikoff
… of Jewish identity. Papernikoff was active in the cultural life of the party and published his poems in a pamphlet … Papernikov has published poems (including poems about the life of the Land of Israel), stories, and literary criticism … Prime Minister's Prize for Literary Work in Yiddish for the Lifetime Achievement (1978). In 1988, he was honored as an …