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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.
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Harold Schechter (born June 28, 1948) is an American true crime writer who specializes in serial killers. He is a Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York where he taught classes in American literature and myth criticism for forty-two years. [ 1 ]
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 ...
Shecter worked as a sports journalist for the New York Post. [1] While traveling with the Yankees, in 1958, Shecter told his editors about a minor altercation between the coach Ralph Houk and the pitcher Ryne Duren; the subsequent published story, printed without a byline, was among the first in sports journalism to provide a behind-the-scenes look at professional sports team squabbles.
Below is a scan of the complete letter of Ḥushiel, from S. Schechter (1899) in Jewish Quarterly Review 11:644-650. Schechter there also provides a transcript of the portions that are legible, accompanied by a brief analysis of the grammar and contents. The shelfmark is T-S 28.1 (Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, Cambridge University Library).
Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues is a book by Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton, edited by Leonard Shecter and first published in 1970. The book is a diary of Bouton's 1969 season, spent with the Seattle Pilots and then the Houston Astros following a late-season trade.
Eric Schechter (born August 1, 1950) is an American mathematician, retired from Vanderbilt University with the title of professor emeritus. His interests started primarily in analysis but moved into mathematical logic .