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Kel Maleh Rachamim – Cantor Moshe Kraus

Cantor Moshe Kraus was a unique expounder of cantorial music, he served as the first Chief Cantor of the IDF and then served as a cantor in South African and Canada for many years.

Below is a rendition of the memorial prayer for the soldiers of the IDF.

Uknown Cantors: Hanns John Jacobsohn

Cantor Hans John Jacobsohn (1890-1942) was the High Cantor for the City of Berlin and the Progressive Synagogue from the late 1920s until his death in the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in May of 1942.

He was unable to escape Nazi Germany, like his wife and daughter because he was born