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Meir Shimon Geshuri
… a relatively new Jewish settlement in Silesia] next to the Prussian border during [the Rebbe’s] journeys to the springs … volumes dedicated to the territories of “the large czarist Russia until 1914,” comprising the territories that became … Congress Poland, which had to be separated from the Russian volumes due to space considerations. The fifth and …
David Nowakowsky
… David Nowakowsky was born in Malin, Russia near Kiev. Nowakowsky left home at an early age and … continue to be used by many hazzanim and choirmasters. … Russian synagogue choirmaster, composer & teacher … Hazan, …
Abraham Goldfaden
… was in circulation for approximately six months before the Russian government banned its continued publication. … By 1880, his troupe was touring extensively throughout Russia, which increased his recognition as well as the … theater continued to grow in scope until 1883 when the Russian government banned performances in Yiddish. As a …
Joseph Achron
… famous works, A Hebrew Melody (1911). In 1913 he moved to Russia to take a position as the head of the violin and … tenure there was cut short by his draft into the Russian Army in 1916. In the years after World War I, Achron … a grant from the Leonid Nevzin Center for the Research of Russian and European Jewry. Joseph (Yussl) Achron, Jewish …
Samuel Alman
… at the conservatory in Odessa and was a member of the Russian army band based there. After the tragic pogrom in …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… At the outbreak of World War II, Koussevitsky escaped to Russia , where he continued to tour as an Opera soloist in …
Alexander A. Krein
… and he became a prominent figure in the school of modern Russian composition. Krein’s early work was deeply … developed in response to new influences and trends in the Russian Jewish school. Krien also composed a large … collection of romances and songs set to the texts of famous Russian and European poets such as Balmont, Bialik, Efros …
Pinhas Minkowski
… on Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem. … Russian cantor & composer … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, …
Nahum Nardi
… combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In …
Sholom Secunda
… Monsieur Kurich. The second large wave of Pogroms against Russian Jews lasted from 1903 to 1906; during these years … eldest son Velvel escaped to New York to avoid the Russian army mandatory draft. He was the first member of the …