Cantor Alexander Weisler Values Codes H – E – L Little has been preserved about the life of Cantor Alexander Weisler. He was a pupil of Cantor Salomon Sulzer, the “father of the modern cantorate” who taught at the Vienna Conservatory in the late 1840s. This suggests
Read more →Julie Eichberg Rosewald Values Codes I – E – L – P Julie Eichberg was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1847. Her father, Moritz Eichberg, was a cantor in the city and, along with his wife Eleanor, raised a musically talented family. Julie’s vocal abilities were
Read more →Sir Henry Heyman Values Codes I – H – E – L – P Henry Heyman was born in Oakland, California in 1855. The Heymans were among the first Jewish settlers of Oakland and operated a stove store. Henry Heyman’s talent for the violin was apparent
Read more →Cantor Edward Stark Values Codes I – H – E – L Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems, Austria. Edward Stark’s father, Cantor Josef Stark, was a pupil of Salomon Sulzer, the famed “father of the modern cantorate.” Josef Stark served as a cantor in Ichenhausen,
Read more →Joseph Bartlett Choynski Values Codes E – L – P Joseph Bartlett Choynski was born in San Francisco, California, in 1868. He was born to Isidor Nathan Choynski and Harriet Ashim. He had five siblings: Herbert, Miriam, Maurice, and Edwin. San Francisco Joseph (“Joe”)
Read more →Emanu-El to the J The first issue of the Emanu-El came off the press in late 1895. It rapidly became the Jewish newspaper of San Francisco, and had a fair circulation as far south as Los Angeles. Along with mergers, Emanu-El went through a number of name changes until after World War
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