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Moishe Oysher
… a career as a Hazzan. While officiating at the Rumanian Synagogue, he continued to act periodically. His best known …
Boris Thomashefsky
… Shortly after arriving to New York, Thomashefsky joined a Synagogue chorister on the Lower East Side, which brought him in contact with Synagogue trustee, and wealthy salon-owner, Frank Wolf. With …
Max Helfman
… modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Among his best known works are his … … Education … Music education … Liturgical music … Synagogue music … Conservative Judaism … Labor … Zionism … …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… a close friendship with Rabbi Lieben of the Old-New Synagogue in Prague . While in Prague , Schul discovered medieval manuscripts of Hebrew chant in Leiben’s synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish …
Mordekhai Zeira
… to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his house that … of a H assidic niggun that he heard as a child in the Synagogue in Kiev. He saw in these elements a fruitful and …
Yosef Hadar
… entered the repertoire of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the piyut, 'Lecha Dodi' …
Neil Levin
… courses on the history, development, and repertoire of synagogue music, cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, …
Richard Newman
… of the Jewish Centers in Hillcrest, Long Island, various synagogues in New York, and Philadelphia. From 1972-1984 he …
Elio Piattelli
… by Pasquale Troia Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in Rome from 1948 to 1984, Elio Piatelli enhanced the liturgical life of the synagogue (and beyond) with a choir that sang melodies from … inspiration. They are not foreign to the spirit of the synagogue. This remarkable heritage of original compositions …
Jo Amar
… away, he continued to perform, singing piyutim in various synagogues. Around the early 2000’s, Amar, father of four …