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Abraham Goldfaden
… of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro Konstantinov, Ukraine. In order to avoid the draft, Golfaden’s father took … then went on to study at a rabbinical seminary in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where he began writing poems, songs, ballads, and …
Mark Kopytman
… Mark Kopytman (b. Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine, 1929, immigrated in 1972, lived in Jerusalem), a …
Ya'akov Orland
… Yaacob Orland was born in 1914 in Tetiev, Ukraine, to Eliezer and Batya Orland. At age five, he …
Joseph Achron
… Music Department at the conservatory in Kharkov , now Ukraine . Among his students was Isaac Dunaevskii, the …
Yedidyah Admon
… Yedidya Admon was born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine in 1894. He emigrated to Palestine in 1906 and …
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
… Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk , Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition …
Pinhas Minkowski
… Pinhas Minkokwski was born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, where his father officiated as a cantor. Minkowski …
Nahum Nardi
… Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist family in Kiev, Ukraine. He was named after his uncle Dudu 'Noyhem,' who was …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… Born in Kherson, Ukraine, immigrated to Israel in 1906. Was a member of …
Wolf Shestapol
… Born in Odessa , Ukraine . Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a prolific …