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Zemirot
The word Zemirot means literally 'songs' or 'hymns' but is used to refer to two specific…
Nikolai Kaufman
… according to family history, he lived earlier on in small shtetls near Odessa. This important family information is …
Gideon Klein
Gideon Klein, pianist and composer, born December 6, 1919, in Přerov (Moravia). At the…
Ades Synagogue
The Ades synagogue of the Aleppine Jewish community is located in the Nakhalat Zion…
Harry Von Tilzer
Harry Von Tilzer (originally Gumm or Gummblinksy), was born in Detroit in 1872. His…
Ya'akov Orland
Yaacob Orland was born in 1914 in Tetiev, Ukraine, to Eliezer and Batya Orland. At age…
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… seems to collapse the distance separating Jews from the shtetls of Poland from those of the villages of Yemen. …
Yehiel 'Adaki
Yehiel 'Adaki was born in Manakhah in 1903[1] to Aharon and Margalit 'Adaki. The…