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His mother, Ruth Lisa Schechter (née Lubin), was a secretary and a published poet; [3] his father, Jerry Schechter, was a garment center pattern maker and a sculptor. Grandson of Russian-Jewish immigrant socialists, [ 3 ] Schechter grew up in the Bronx , in the garment union-sponsored Amalgamated housing cooperative development.
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Solomon Schechter (Hebrew: שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר ; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism.
Mendoza the Jew: Boxing, Manliness, and Nationalism, A Graphic History is a historical graphic novel written by Ronald Schechter and illustrated by Liz Clarke, and published on November 19, 2013. The comic book features the story of the real life classical pugilist named Daniel Mendoza ; a Jewish man who became the heavyweight champion in ...
Schachter, Schächter or Schechter (from Yiddish shochet, 'to slaughter'. Hebrew :שכטר also Shechter) is a Yiddish and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Solomon Schechter, rabbi, Biblical scholar; Schecter Guitar Research, an American guitar manufacturer; Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, a landmark Supreme Court decision regarding the Commerce Clause; Jenny Schecter, a main character from the television show The L Word
Susan Schechter (1 May 1946 – 3 February 2004) was an American feminist and activist against domestic violence. She wrote three books on the subject and helped found one of the first women's shelters .
The Schechter Letter, [1] also called the Genizah Letter [2] or Cambridge Document, [3] was discovered in the Cairo Geniza by Solomon Schechter in 1912. [2] It is an anonymous Khazar letter discussing several matters including the wars of the early 940s, involving the Byzantine Empire , the Khazar Khaganate, and Kievan Rus' . [ 2 ]