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Viktor Ullmann
Viktor Ullmann was born in Teschen (now Český Těšín), Czech Republic on January 1, 1898…
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
Mordechai Yardeni was Born as Motl Sherman in 1906 in the town of Slovechno (Volyn…
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent…
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…
Theodor Bikel
Born in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied…
Raffi Ben-Moshe
Born in Jerusalem 1928. Graduated from Kaduri High School (1946). Founder of kibbutz…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Marc Lavry
Marc Lavry was born in Riga, Latvia and received his formal musical education at the…