My namesake (or rather, I'm his namesake)

BAUMAN – Mordecai, died May 16, 2007, aged 95. WWII veteran. A baritone, he introduced songs by Ives, Eisler, Blitzstein, and Copland. With his wife Irma Commanday founded Indian Hill Arts Work­shop, Stockbridge, MA, and produced a film, The Stations of Bach. Sur­vived by Irma, sons Joshua and Marc and stepchildren Charles Israels and Elisabeth Israels Perry.