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Eduard Birnbaum
… identified his musical talent early on and sent him to Vilna to study hazzanut with Salomon Sulzer . In 1869, … taking a short two month break between posts to return to Vilna and study with Sulzer. Finally in 1879, Birnbaum … own account, he was offered a position to succeed Sulzer in Vilna, but decided to remain in Koenigsberg where he was …
Judah Loeb [Yehude-Leyb] Cahan
… Born in Vilna, Cahan moved as a youth to Warsaw, where he frequently … collection efforts of YIVO, and in 1930 returned to Vilna to train young scholars. After his death, YIVO planned …