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Hanina Karaczewski

… and are included in what is considered the corpus of early Palestinian-Israel folk songs: Ha’yarah be-keshet; El rosh ha-har; and …

… meal for Shabbat) to be cooked in the Mizrahi oven. From an early age, people in the community took notice of Asher … admirer of Asher Mizrahi, helped him to escape from Eretz Israel on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta . The … age of 35, Mizrahi composed a tribute in her honor. In the early 1930’s, Asher Mizrahi traveled to Paris to make a …

Edward Stark

… eldest sons of the Stark family who had moved there in the early 1860’s. The Stark family settled in the German-Jewish … , and Josef was hired to officiate at Congregation Adat Israel . Edward worked for 20 years with his brothers in the … for most of the liturgy for their service. Many of these early arrangements were later included in his collection …

Joseph Shlisky

… had come to assume choirmaster duties there. Shlisky’s early years in Toronto were not easy. The cantor, who … Roumanian-American Congregation on the Lower East Side, Kol Israel Anshe Poland in Harlem, the Talmud Torah Toras Moshe … Shapiro, and other hazzanut superstars. Shlisky sang in Kol Israel (The Voice of Israel) (1931), which dramatized …

Isadore Freed

… a post as organist and choirmaster at Temple Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia . In 1944, Freed headed the … 13, 1948 by the Foundation's Opera Department. In the early years of Freed’s tenure at Knesseth Israel he began to experiment with composing music for the …

Emanuel Zamir

… to parents who were among the founders of the colony. At an early age, he was influenced by the songs of composer … (the association of the sheep and goats breeders in Israel, Zamir got acquainted with sheep breeding, a theme … Be'er Basadeh ( see sound examples ). Zamir served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. …

Shmerke Kaczerginski

… labours to researchers and Yiddish cultural activists, his early death has led to his relative anonymity. Kaczerginski … Kaczerginski's publcations at The National Library of Israel website (includings books, songs and scores, …

Nurit Hirsh

… cinema, contemporary music, and electronic music. From an early age, Hirsh would accompany Opera singers. She was the … and in 1978 she won first place with 'Abanibi.' In Israel, her songs 'Ahavata Shel Tereza Di mon,' 'Baderekh … part of the repertoire of dancing groups all across Israel. In many cases the composer of these songs is …

Moshe Wilensky

… Hashomer Hatzair , where he was first introduced to Israeli songs. Within the movement was a choir led by the … in composition and conducting and, at 22, immigrated to Israel with his family, settling in Tel Aviv. From 1936 to … that "Wilensky is the enduring composer of the land… His early songs and hymns are embedded in Hebrew culture and are …

Nahum Heiman

… 'The name Nahche sings in the ears of thousands of Israeli singing fans. The Israeli folk song (Zemer Ivri) is … when he was seventeen. He took up the accordion due to his nearly paralyzed hand. In time, he recovered from his hand … was Mirdaf , which he wrote to Chava Alberstein in her early years. Heiman was then in his first years and Micha …