Israel Alter (also: Yisraʾel Alter, born September 23, 1901 in Lemberg, died November 16, 1979, in New York City) was an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish cantor and last chief cantor in Hanover, Germany. The well traveled composer was regarded as "the one Chasanim, the cantor of the cantors".
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23 September 1901 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
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Died |
16 November 1979 (aged 78)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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