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Sigmund Mogulesko
Actor and comedian Sigmund Mogulesko was born in Kaloraush, Bessarabia on December 16…
Leon Blank
Leon Blank was born in Lithuania in 1867. When Blank was just a boy, his family moved to…
Alexander Olshanetsky
Alexander Olshanetsky was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He played with the Odessa Opera…
Abraham Ellstein
Born in New York in 1907 (d. 1963), Ellstein sang as a chorister at local synagogue and…
Herman Wohl
For full biography (Milken Archive) click here.
Anshel Schorr
Anshel Schorr, son of prominent Lemberg cantor Baruch Schorr, was a mainstay of Yiddish…
Harry Von Tilzer
Harry Von Tilzer (originally Gumm or Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His…
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry…
Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers was an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in…
Jennie Goldstein
Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. She began acting…