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Leon Blank

… family moved to Romania, where he began singing in a local Synagogue choir. Even from an early age, Blank felt an …

… in 1907 (d. 1963), Ellstein sang as a chorister at local synagogue and also for the Metropolitan Opera Children's … active on the radio and broadcasted programs about Yiddish music and Synagogue music. As a composer, he wrote 33 scores for …

Moshe Nathanson

… Nathanson immigrated to Canada, where he studied Law and Music at McGill University. Mid-degree, Nathanson decided to transfer to the Institute of Musical Art in New York (now the Julliard School of Music). … Society for the Advancement of Judaism (Mordecai Kaplan's Synagogue in New York, and the founding community of the …

Nissan Spivak

… It was his vocal handicap that led him to develop original synagogue music in which the choir, instead of being merely an … Jacob Beimel . Spivak is considered as a genius in Jewish music, and many of his compositions became famous throughout …

Reuben Rinder

… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple … Jewish community. The “Society for the Advancement of Synagogue Music” founded by Rinder in 1927 (with the New … Advancement of Judaism (1922). It also set a new agenda for synagogue music that was deeply rooted in the cosmopolitan …

Haim Effendi

… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the … Hebrew music on Sabbath mornings and afternoons at the synagogue called Portugal. Haim, however, did not become a … by the teacher and hazzan Nissim Halevy from the Geron synagogue in that city (a copy can be found at the library …

Joseph Albaradani

… of piyutim shows that he officiated in a large and central synagogue in Baghdad, and thus, probably in the 'Great Synagogue of Baghdad. Tova Beeri has collected all of … … Liturgical poet (paytan) and cantor in the Great Synagogue of Baghdad … Joseph Albaradani …

Jacob Bachman

… Ukraine). As a child he studied in a Yeshiva. He began his music studies in Moshe Pasternak’s choir at the local synagogue. When he was eighteen, Bachmann went to study at … Bachman composed collections of compositions for the synagogue. His musical style in these pieces was influenced …

Abraham Ber Birnbaum

… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in Talmud, … a music career at a young age; he began by singing in the synagogue choir of the local cantor Leizerke, as well as by …

Herman Berlinski

… U.S. in 1941. Was known as an organist (which he played in synagogues and on tours) and as a composer. Many of his … (chamber, organ and vocal works). The Herman Berlinsky music collection, which contains writings and compositions … can be found here via the Miliken Archive of Jewish Music. An additional biography can be found here , on the …