Moishe Oysher (Yiddish: מש×" × ×•×™×©×¢×¨â€Ž) (born 1906 in Lipkon
(Lipcani), Bessarabia, Imperial Russia â€" died 27 November 1958, New
Rochelle, New York) was an American cantor and Yiddish theatre actor.
He is considered[by whom?] one of the most entertaining chazanim
(cantors) ever recorded.Oysher was born to a Jewish family that traced
six generations of chazanim. He told writer Khaver-Paver that his
grandfather sang folk songs and workers' songs to his students when
Moyshe was young, and the heartfelt tunes were in my blood, and that
it was from his other grandfather "Yosl der poylisher" and his father
"Zelik der poylisher" that he inherited his gift as a khasn
(chazan).Oysher's father departed for America when Moyshe was young,
leaving him with his grandfather. He started acting in school and
played a few roles in the poet Eliezer Steinberg's Der Berditchever
rov. He named Steinberg as a profound influence on his life.In 1921,
he traveled to Canada to join his father. On the way, his voice broke,
so in Canada he worked at first as a dishwasher and later a launderer
to support himself.
(Lipcani), Bessarabia, Imperial Russia â€" died 27 November 1958, New
Rochelle, New York) was an American cantor and Yiddish theatre actor.
He is considered[by whom?] one of the most entertaining chazanim
(cantors) ever recorded.Oysher was born to a Jewish family that traced
six generations of chazanim. He told writer Khaver-Paver that his
grandfather sang folk songs and workers' songs to his students when
Moyshe was young, and the heartfelt tunes were in my blood, and that
it was from his other grandfather "Yosl der poylisher" and his father
"Zelik der poylisher" that he inherited his gift as a khasn
(chazan).Oysher's father departed for America when Moyshe was young,
leaving him with his grandfather. He started acting in school and
played a few roles in the poet Eliezer Steinberg's Der Berditchever
rov. He named Steinberg as a profound influence on his life.In 1921,
he traveled to Canada to join his father. On the way, his voice broke,
so in Canada he worked at first as a dishwasher and later a launderer
to support himself.
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