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Nechama “Naomi” Cantor Yoelson Birth 1858. Seduva, Radviliškis District Municipality, Šiauliai, Lithuania Death 6 Feb 1895 (aged 36–37)
The Early Years of Asa Yoelson. 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. Al's older siblings were named Rose (born 1879), Etta (born 1880), Hirsch (born ...
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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Early life. Asa Yoelson was born in the village of Srednike (Yiddish: סרעדניק), now known as Seredžius, near Kaunas in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire.He was the fifth and youngest child of Nechama "Naomi" (née Cantor, c. 1858 –1895) and Moses Rubin Yoelson (c. 1858 –1945); his four siblings were Rose (c. 1879 –1939), Etta (c. 1880 –1948), another sister who died in ...
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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.
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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.
