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Mordekhai Hershman
… (Polish: Chernikhov) in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire, today Chernihiv in Ukraine and died in New … of 25. During World War I, Hershman was drafted into the Russian Army, but it is said that his officer was so … of these events, see below). After the war, Hershman toured Russia and Europe, performing at synagogues and as a soloist …
Alter Yehiel Karniol
… work at the Ohab Zedek Synagogue in New York , returning to Russia to take a position of chief hazzan at the Great …
David Roitman
… David Roitman was born in Dorozhinki, Russia, and was one of the leading cantors of his time. He was apprenticed with several cantors in Russia, including Zeidel Rovner . Roitman served as a cantor …
Isaac Schlossberg
… Fishzon. Later, for several years, Schlossberg toured Russia but eventually settled in Warsaw, where he worked as …
Joseph Shlisky
… performed operatic arias from a variety of schools—Italian, Russian, and German. He also performed his signature …
Isadore Freed
… Isadore Freed was born in Brest-Litovsk , Russia on March 26, 1900 . At the age of three, his family …
Lazare Saminsky
… Georgian and Persian Jews in Transcaucasia. Saminsky left Russia in 1919, following the communist revolution, and in …
Abraham Dunajewski
… Abraham Dunajewski was born in Russia. He wrote the book Israelitische Tempel Compositionen …
Gideon Klein
… Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring scores in the ghetto was very …
Rafael Schächter
… opportune; he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding choral group …