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Mikhail Gnesin
Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical…
Jacob Beimel
Born in Parichi, Belarus. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1915. Worked as cantor and conductor…
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Israel Meyer Japhet
Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel, Germany. In 1853 he began working as choir…
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Alter Yehiel Karniol
Alter Karniol was born in Dzialoszyce, a small province in Poland. He studied under…
Eliezer S. Abinun
The Rev Eliezer Abinun Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1912. He began his studies at the…
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Isaac Offenbach
Isaac Offenbach, born Isaac Juda Eberst, was born in Offenbach near Frankfurt. He left…
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach, a local music teacher…
David Zehavi
David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated…
Dudu Barak
Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew…
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
Born in Shatsk (today Ukraine). Officiated as cantor in Vilna for thirty years (1893-…