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Rokhl Kafrissen
Rokhl is a Jewsih feminine given name, a form of Rachel, a transcription of Yiddish "Rochl". Matronymic surnames Rokhlin (variants: Rochlin, Rohlin, Rockline) are derived from it. Notable people known by the name include: *Rokhl Auerbakh Rokhl Auerbakh ( he, רחל אוירבך, also spelled Rokhl Oyerbakh and Rachel Auerbach) (18 December 1903 – 31 May 1976) was an Israeli writer, essayist, historian, Holocaust scholar, and Holocaust survivor. She wrote prolifically in both Pol ... * Ester-Rokhl Kaminska * Rokhl Häring Korn * Rokhl Brokhes See also

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Rachel (given Name)
Rachel ( he, רָחֵל, Modern: Raḥel, Tiberian: Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl), meaning " ewe", is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Rachel, the wife of Israelite patriarch Jacob. Ashkenazi Jewish matronymic surnames Rokhlin (variants: Rochlin, Rohlin), Raskin, Raskine, Rashkin, Rashkind are derived from variants of the name. The Jewish version of the surname Ruskin is an Americanized form of Raskin. Sixteenth century baptismal records from England show that Rachel was first used by English Christianity, Christians in the mid-1500s, becoming popular during the Protestantism, Protestant Reformation along with other names from the Bible. Usage The name has been among the five hundred most commonly used names in recent years for newborn girls in France, Ireland, Israel, United Kingdom and the United States. Variants *Rachey, Rahel, Rocha, Rochel, Rochie, Rochale, Rochele, Rochlin, Recha, Reche, Reichil, Rela, Releh, Relin, Reiyelina, Rek ...
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Matronymic Surname
A matronymic is a personal name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patronymic surnames. In some cultures in the past, matronymic last names were often given to children of unwed mothers. Or if a woman was especially well known or powerful, her descendants might adopt a matronym based on her name. A matronymic is a derived name, as compared to a matriname, which is an inherited name from a mother's side of the family, and which is unchanged. Terminology of English The word ''matronymic'' is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ ''mētēr'' "mother" (GEN μητρός ''mētros'' whence the combining form μητρo- ''mētro''-), ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' "name", and the suffix -ικός -''ikos'', which was originally used to form adjectives with the sense "pe ...
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Rokhlin
Rokhlin is a Slavic language-influenced Jewish surname of matronymic derivation. It literally means "Rokhl's", where "Rokhl" is a transcription of ''Rochl'', a Yiddish form of the name Rachel. Variants include Rohlin, Rochlin and (via French) Rochline. The feminine form in Slavic cultures is Rokhlina / Rochlina. Notable people with this surname include: Rokhlin * Lev Rokhlin, Russian Lieutenant-General * Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Soviet mathematician * Vladimir Rokhlin Jr., American mathematician and professor at Yale University, son of the above Rochlin * Davida Rochlin, American architect * Emma Rochlin, Scottish field hockey player * Irma S. Rochlin, American politician from Florida Rohlin *Charlotte Rohlin *Kimmo Rohlin *Leif Rohlin Other * Vera Rockline (1896–1934), birth name Vera Nikolayevna Rokhlina, Russian post-impressionist painter See also *Rashkin (surname) *Raskin {{surname, Rokhlin, Rochlin Rokhlin is a Slavic language-influenced Jewish surname of matr ...
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Rokhl Auerbakh
Rokhl Auerbakh ( he, רחל אוירבך, also spelled Rokhl Oyerbakh and Rachel Auerbach) (18 December 1903 – 31 May 1976) was an Israeli writer, essayist, historian, Holocaust scholar, and Holocaust survivor. She wrote prolifically in both Polish and Yiddish, focusing on prewar Jewish cultural life and postwar Holocaust documentation and witness testimonies. She was one of the three surviving members of the covert Oyneg Shabes group led by Emanuel Ringelblum that chronicled daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto, and she initiated the excavation of the group's buried manuscripts after the war. In Israel, she directed the Department for the Collection of Witness Testimony at Yad Vashem from 1954 to 1968. Early life and education Rokhl Eiga Auerbakh was born in Lanovtsy (today Lanivtsi), in the Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) to Khanina Auerbakh and his wife Mania (née Kimelman). At a young age, she and her family moved to Lviv. She had one brother wh ...
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Rokhl Häring Korn
Rachel (Rokhl) Häring Korn ( yi, רחל קאָרן, 15 January 1898 – 9 September 1982) was a Polish-born Canadian Yiddish language poet and author. In total, she published eight collections of poetry and two of prose. Seymour Mayne characterized her in 1985, three years after her death, as "the first major woman poet in Canadian literature." Biography Korn was born in eastern Galicia on a farming estate near Pidlisky (now in Ukraine), and started writing poetry at an early age. At the start of the First World War, her family fled to Vienna, returning to Poland in 1918. It was in this year that Korn's first published works appeared, in ''Nowy Dziennik'', a Zionist newspaper, and in ''Głos Przemyski'', a socialist journal. These items were published in Polish, but a year later she published her first Yiddish poem in the ''Lemberger Tageblatt''. Her recognition grew with the publication of her first volumes of poetry: ''Dorf'' (Village, 1928) and ''Royter mon'' (Red Poppies, 1 ...
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