Sholom Katz

In 1946 Sholom was invited to Switzerland to sing at the World Zionist Congress. He sang the "Keil Molei Rachamim” while Chaim Weizmann gave a eulogy for Jews who had died during the Second World War.^{[citation needed]} His singing of "Keil Molei Rachamim” was later awarded by Paris Match as their annual "Prix du Disque".^{[citation needed]}

Sholom immigrated to America in 1947, where he became a cantor at Beth Sholom Congregation in Washington, D.C.^[5] He remained a cantor there until the year 1957. He made more than 160 recordings of his own music.^[1][2] Sholom sang for the closing scene of The Garden of the Finzi-Continis and also sang for the film, The Eichmann Story.^[1]

Sholom was married to Sabrina Katz. They had two children, Benjamin Katz, and a daughter, Judith Katz. Katz died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, after a heart attack. He was 67 years old.^[1][2][3]