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Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Edward Stark
Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems, Austria to father Josef Stark, a local cantor…
Joseph Shlisky
Joseph Shlisky was born in Ostrowiec Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he…
Gideon Klein
Gideon Klein, pianist and composer, born December 6, 1919, in Přerov (Moravia). At the…
Max Helfman
Max Helfman was a Polish-born American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist,…
Elio Piattelli
Biography by Pasquale Troia
Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in…
Moshe Nathanson
Moshe Nathanson, son of Rabbi Nahum Nathanson, was born in Jerusalem in 1899. Until…
Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim (Munich, 1897- Tel-Aviv, 1984, emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the…
Mickey Katz
Meyer Myron 'Mickey' Katz was an American musician and comedian who specialized in …