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Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
Mordechai Yardeni was Born as Motl Sherman in 1906 in the town of Slovechno (Volyn…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Moshe Koussevitsky
Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon, Poland, the eldest of four brothers who all…
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Israel Lovy
Israel Lovy was born in a town near Danzig in 1773. He received his formal Jewish…
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
Born in Jerusalem on January 30, 1902, His father was R. Abraham Moshe Goldstein, a…
Reuben Rinder
Born in Tarnów, Galicia (today’s Poland), in 1887, Reuben Rinder studied at the local…
Zalman Zylbercweig
Zalman Zylbercweig was born in a small town outside of Lodz, Poland. His father was…
Jacob Bachman
Jacob Bachmann was born in 1846 in Berdichev (today Ukraine). As a child he studied in a…
Israel Goldfarb
Israel Goldfarb was born in Sieniawa, Galicia (today Poland), and immigrated to New York…