Re: Bas Sheva/Sheindele

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Thank you for clarifying this.  I went back and listened to Sheindele's
music and from the first note realized they were not the same, but
certainly in the same mode and genre.  What was the deal with 2 fabulous
woman "cantors" coming out of Philly?  You know, when I think of it, my
father's style was reminiscent of this.  Could it have been a regional
philly cantorial phenom?

Sam Weiss wrote:

> Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
> <mailto:l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org> wrote:
>   >You know, the more I listen to the tape, the more
>   >I'm sure they are the same person.
>
> Maybe she worked for a major metropolitan newspaper... and changed
> itdentities in a telephone booth.
> Actually, they both were from Philadelphia but they were not the same
> person.  I cannot recall Sheindele's voice, but her American name was
> Jean Gornish.  She had a radio program for a while, and always appeared
> as 'Sheindele di Khaznte'.  Her career was earlier than Bas Sheva's and
> to the best of my knowledge she performed only in Jewish venues.   Bas
> Sheva's American name was Bernice Kanevsky, daughter of Cantor Yossele
> Kanevsky, and she had a broader repertoire and audience, though always
> working under her Jewish name.
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> Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ
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