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25 de oct. de 2020 · Moses and Naomi Yoelson, Asa’s parents, 1905 c. (LOC, Harris and Ewing Collection, Wikipedia(The first life changing event in young Asa’s history occurred in 1894 when his mother Naomi, to whom he was strongly attached, died at a young age of a malignant disease. He was only eight years old when he could hear her agony cries from the next room.
9 de jul. de 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 ...
10 de may. de 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. When Jolson was four, his father moved to New York, and it took four years for him to establish himself as the head of the Talmud Torah Congregation in Washington D.C.
8 de ago. de 2023 · Daughter of Eyzer Cantor and Etel Cantor Wife of Moyshe Yoelson Mother of Rose Leah Flax; Al Jolson; Etta Cantor; [Sister who died in infancy] Yoelson and Harry Jolson Sister of Malke Cantor and israel Raphael Cantor Half sister of Abram Cantor. Managed by: Charles Miller: Last Updated: August 8, 2023
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.
26 de may. de 2013 · David B. Green. May 26, 1886, is the date on which Al Jolson – one of the most popular American entertainers of the first half of the 20 th century, and the first to openly identify as a Jew – celebrated his birthday. The singer, actor and comedian was born Asa Yoelson in the shtetl of Srednik (today Seredzius), near Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania.
Any hopes the Yoelson's had of resuming a normal family life were dashed when Naomi's died in 1895. Eight year old Asa was in the next room, his world shattered. "Asa Yoelson would never be the same again. He grew up in that moment – probably as much as he would ever grow up.
