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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, …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon , Poland , the eldest of four brothers who all perused careers …
Nahum Nardi
… they began a joint concert tour of Jewish communities in Poland, Germany, Latvia, Belgium, Holland and France. In …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Born in Zamoscz, Poland. Immigrated to Palestine in 1922, settled in Kibbutz …
Yeruham Blindman
… touring extensively as a cantor for Synagogues throughout Poland and the Ukraine. He became known as “Yeruham Hakatan” …
Alter Yehiel Karniol
… Alter Karniol was born in Dzialoszyce, a small province in Poland . He studied under several Hazzanim in Hungary, …
Bronislaw Huberman
… Born in Czestochowa , Poland . Was a celebrity violin virtuoso in Europe . Founded …
Menachem Kipnis
… Full biography from Issachar Fater's Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars , pp. 182-189, in Zchor …