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Yosef Hadar
Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Emanuel Zamir
Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was…
Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Leibele Waldman
Cantor. Born in New York, USA. Officiated as cantor in Boston, Passaic, and New…
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Moishe Oysher
Actor and Hazzan Moshe Oysher was born in Lipkon, Bessarabia in 1907. He immigrated to…
Joel Rubin
Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, Klezmer musician, Ethnomusicologist, and…
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
Born in Shatsk (today Ukraine). Officiated as cantor in Vilna for thirty years (1893-…
Eitan Avitzur
Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…