Genealogy Projects tagged with shmuel vigoda on the Geni Family Tree

Relatives of Cantor Samuel Vigoda

Samuel Vigoda is generally considered to be one of the last of the star Chazanim of the 'Golden Age.'He was born in Dobrzin, near Warsaw where his father was the Chazan/Shochet but, as Vigoda said himself, '...he wore two hats, and with the two hats he didn't make a living.' The young Samuel was very unimpressed with the hard life that his father led and never intended to become a Chazan himsel...