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Avraham Soltes
Avraham Soltes was born on March 3, 1917, in New York City, to parents who recently…
Morris Rosenfeld
Morris Rosenfeld, born as Moshe Jacob Alter in 1862 in Stare Boksze, in Suwałki County…
Herman Svet
Gershon (Herman) Svet was born January 1, 1893, in Shpole (Kiev province of the…
Martha Schlamme
Born in Vienna, she escaped to England in 1938 and immigrated to the US in 1948. She…
Max Weinreich
Max Weinreich was a Russian Jewish linguist, specializing in …
Bertha Kalish
Yiddish theater and Broadway actress Bertha Kalish was born in Lemberg (present day Lviv…
Max Helfman
Max Helfman was a Polish-born American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist,…
Boris Thomashevsky
Boris Thomashevsky, son of Yiddish actor and playwright Pincas Thomashevsky, was born in…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…