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Ramon Tasat
Ramón Tasat was born in Buenos Aires. He learned Ladino at his grandmother’s knee. He…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
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Pinhas Jassinowsky
Pinhas Jassinowsky was born in Romanovka, a small town outside of Kiev, Ukraine.…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
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Joseph Albaradani
Joseph Albarandi lived in Baghdad during the tenth century. Sources suggest that he…
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Shelomo Zalman Rivlin
Born in Jerusalem where he officiated as cantor at the Shirat Israel Synagogue for 60…
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
Nissan Cohen Melamed was born in Shiraz, Persia, in 1906. His parents, who promised…
Eliyahu Schleifer
Dr. Schleifer is Professor of Sacred Music and Director of the School of Sacred Music at…
David Halperin
Ph.D. in Musicology from Tel Aviv University. Chairman of the Department of Musicology…