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Velvel Pasternak

… born in 1933 in Toronto to Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland. He lived most of his life in New York City, where he …

… in 1862 in Stare Boksze, in Suwałki County, part of Russian Poland. Morris came from a family of fishermen. He was … Reisel and a son, Yosef. As the situation grew more dire in Poland, Rosenfeld left to earn a living abroad. After …

Moshe Taube

… Born in Cracow, Poland. After the holocaust, he immigrated to Palestine, …

Samuel Vigoda

… Born in Dobrzyń, Poland. Studied with his father and later with Yossele …

Hirsch Weintraub

… Hirsch Weintraub was born in Dubno , Poland . He was the son of cantor-composer Solomon Weintraub …

Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)

… several European countries: Belgium, England, France, and Poland. Yardeni was a member of the executive committees of …

Joseph Yasser

… Jewish music researcher & collector. Born in Lodz, Poland. Studied in Moscow, and in 1923 moved to the US. …

Elias Zaludkowski

… Hazzan and writer. Elias Zaludkowski was born in Meitchet, Poland. He was the son of the well-known Hazzan of Kalisz, …

Meir Shimon Geshuri

… Silesia, then part of the German Empire (now Mysłowice, Poland), Geshuri (a name derived from the Hebrew for … of cantors and singers associated with Hassidic courts in Poland, most especially with the court of Rabbi Haim Shmuel … Rebbe of Khantchin (or Chentchin; Chęciny, South Central Poland). In the introduction to his major publication, …