Chait, also transliterated as Khait, is a
Jewish family name
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries CE.
Jews have ...
, from Hebrew , “
tailor
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century.
History
Although clothing construction goes back to prehistory, there is evidence of ...
”. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arkady Khait
Arkady Iosifovich Khait (russian: Аркадий Иосифович Хайт) (25 December 1938 – 22 February 2000) was a Russian Jewish satire, comedy, song and script writer, and a comedian in his late years.Жил-был веселый ...
, Soviet comedy and script writer
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Baruch Chait
Baruch (Burry) Chait is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, musician and composer. He is Rosh Yeshiva of the Israeli high school Maarava Machon Rubin.
Personal life
He is the son of Rabbi Moshe Chait, the former Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivath Chafetz Chaim o ...
, Jewish religious composer and author
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Galit Chait
Galit Chait ( he, גלית חייט, ''Galit Hayat''; born on January 29, 1975) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. She and her partner Sergei Sakhnovski competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006, becoming the 2002 World bro ...
, Israeli ice dancer
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Jonathan Chait
Jonathan Benjamin Chait () (born May 1, 1972) is an American pundit and writer for '' New York'' magazine. He was previously a senior editor at ''The New Republic'' and an assistant editor of ''The American Prospect''. He writes a periodic col ...
, American columnist and political writer
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Lawrence G. Chait, American advertising executive who was a pioneer in mail-order sales
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