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Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
Gershon Sirota
Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village…
Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
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Mordechai Seter
Mordecai Seter (Novorossyisk, 1916 – Tel-Aviv, 1994, immigrated to Palestine in 1926)…
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
Pinhas Minkowski
Pinhas Minkokwski was born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, where his father officiated as…
Marc Lavry
Marc Lavry was born in Riga, Latvia and received his formal musical education at the…
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk, Ukraine, and was first exposed to the…
Alexander A. Krein
Alexander Krein was born in the Staraya Ruza region of Moscow in 1883. He and his five…