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Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

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form: Ben Rabbi Sh... (son of Rabbi Shmuel, Shlomo, Shimon or other person whose name begins with 'Sh'). Notable people with the surname include: *

George Barasch George Barasch (December 10, 1910 – August 11, 2013) was a US union labor leader who led both the Allied Trades Council and Teamsters Local 815 (New York City), representing a combined total of 11,000 members. He was the first labor leader to c ...

(1910–2013), American labor leader *

Iuliu Barasch Iuliu Barasch or Baraş (17 July 1815 – 31 March 1863) was a Galician-born Jewish physician, philosopher, pedagogue and promoter of Romanian culture and science who made his career in Romania. He played a leading role in disseminating the ideas ...

, Romanian doctor and public figure * Jack Barasch, known as Jack Barry, television personality *

Lynne Barasch Lynne Barasch is an American children's book illustrator and author. Work Lynne Barasch was born in New York City and grew up in Woodmere, New York. She studied at Rhode Island School of Design for one year. Barasch holds a BFA from Parsons S ...

Marc Ian Barasch Marc Ian Barasch (born 1949) is a non-fiction author, film and television writer- producer, magazine editor, and environmental activist. Major books written by Barasch are The Healing Path' (1992)(1995)(2001) an(2005). He has been an editor-in-chi ...

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