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Jul 9, 2014 · Harry Jolson was the fourth and child of Moses Reuben and Naomi (Cantor) Yoelson; his four siblings were Rose, Etta, another sister who died in infancy, and of course Asa (aka Al Jolson). In 1891, his father, who was qualified as a rabbi and cantor, moved to New York to secure a better future for his family. By 1894, Moses Yoelson could afford ...
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Al Jolson was born Asa Yoelson on May 28, 1886 in Seredzius, a very small shtetl located just a few miles west of Kaunas, Lithuania. He was the fifth child of Rabbi Moshe Reuben Yoelson and his first wife, Naomi (nee Cantor) Yoelson.
May 10, 2016 · Originally named Asa Yoelson, Jolson was the son of Rabbi Moshe Reuben Yoelson and his wife, Naomi Cantor Yoelson. The youngest of three children, Jolson was allegedly his mother’s favorite.
Al Jolson's Parents' Graves. In March, 2010, Professor Joseph Ciolino, a well known Jolson scholar, accompanied by Jolson biographer Herb Goldman, went to the Anacostia area of the District of Columbia in search of the graves of Rabbi Moses and Naomi Yoelson. Here is his story.
Jolson's mother, Naomi, died at 37 in early 1895, and he was in a state of withdrawal for seven months. He spent time at the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a progressive reformatory/home for orphans run by the Xaverian Brothers in Baltimore.
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Born Asa Yoelson on May 26, 1886, in Srednike, Lithuania, he was the youngest of four children of Rabbi Moses Reuben Yoelson and his wife, Naomi (Cantor). Anti-Jewish pogroms were common, and the family immigrated to Washington, D.C., in 1880, where Rabbi Yoelson obtained a job as a cantor in a synagogue. Jolson’s mother died when he was 10.
