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Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…
James Loeffler
Ph.D. Columbia University, (2006), Dissertation: 'The Most Musical Nation…
Israel Adler
Israel Adler was born in Berlin in 1925 and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at…
Herman Svet
Gershon (Herman) Svet was born January 1, 1893, in Shpole (Kiev province of the…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
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Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
Kashtan (Shlomoh ben Shimshon, or Salomon, the son of Samson), aka Salomon Weintraub…
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The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire
'No image of prerevolutionary Russian Jewish life is more iconic than the fiddler on the…
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Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
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Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…