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Mordekhai Hershman
… (for free) on behalf of the 'Chernikhover Relief Fund'. From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several … to Zaludkowski (who probably received information directly from Hershman), Hershman sang as meshorer with Zeidel Rovner … Berdychiv (Yiddish: Barditshev) and when his voice changed from alto to tenor he joined the choir of Nissi Belzer …
Pinhas Jassinowsky
… Pinhas Jassinowsky was born in Romanovka, a small town outside of Kiev , Ukraine . …
Alter Yehiel Karniol
… Great Synagogue in Odessa in 1889. With the onslaught of pogroms in 1905, Karniol left Odessa for New York , where he …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… outside the old city walls and built a new home across from the Sephardic Synagogue in the newly established … staple meal for Shabbat) to be cooked in the Mizrahi oven. From an early age, people in the community took notice of … and admirer of Asher Mizrahi, helped him to escape from Eretz Israel on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta …
David Abikzer
… his musical education. His vocal talent was evident from a young age, and as a child he received encouragement from his mother to continue to sing. At age 17 he moved to … While living in the United States, he also graduated from the US School of Music. Abikzer's unique position at …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… in harmony with its neighbors. The Abinun family held a prominent place within that community, as attested by a memorial book suspended from the ceiling of its former main Sephardi synagogue, now a … authority on both the liturgical music and the secular Romancero tradition of the Sephardim. While a young man, he …
Jacques Offenbach
… and Franz Liszt. In August of 1844, Offenbach underwent a Roman Catholic conversion and was married to Herminie … international acclaim, particularly in Vienna, where his romantic opera Die Rheinnixen was performed at the Hofoper … Les contes d’Hoffmann. Offenbach died in October of 1880 from complications associated with the gout, and his family …
Morton Shanok
… was born in New Haven, Conneticut in 1910. He graduated from New Haven High School in 1927, and trained with Cantor … of the war, he served in the US Army as assistant chaplain from 1942 to 1946. After Being discharged from the army, he attended Manhattan School of Music and …
Jan Peerce
… City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts of Radio City Music Hall …
David Roitman
… officiating as a cantor at the Sha'arey Tzedek Synagogue from 1924 until his death. As a cantor, he had a lyric tenor … Geoffrey Shisler, had the 'facility of being able to pass from a very high falsetto into full voice with absolutely no …