Malamud is a
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 ...
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 ...
which translates to ''
teacher
A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching.
''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
'' in English, a variant of
Melamed
Melamed, ''Melammed'' ( he, מלמד, Teacher) in Biblical times denoted a religious teacher or instructor in general (e.g., in Psalm 119:99 and Proverbs 5:13), but which in the Talmudic period was applied especially to a teacher of children, and ...
; see this page for other variants.
Malamud may refer to:
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Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseba ...
(1914-1986), American novelist, short story writer
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Carl Malamud
Carl Malamud (born July 2, 1959) is an American technologist, author, and public domain advocate, known for his foundation Public.Resource.Org. He founded the Internet Multicasting Service. During his time with this group, he was responsible for ...
(born 1959), American non-fiction writer
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Janna Malamud Smith
Janna Malamud Smith (born 1952) is an American non-fiction writer. She was born in Corvallis, Oregon in 1952, the second of two children born to Ann DeChiara Malamud and the writer Bernard Malamud. She grew up in Oregon, then in Bennington, Vermo ...
(born 1952), American writer, memoirist; daughter of Bernard Malamud
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Margaret Malamud (21st century), American academic and classical scholar
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Mark Malamud Mark Malamud (born 1960) is the principal and manager of Busymonster LLC, a consultancy company focused on advanced user interface and design.
During his 10-year tenure at Microsoft, Malamud became the company's first User Interface Architect, lead ...
(born 1960), American inventor
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Rebecca Hargrave Malamud (21st century), American designer and photographer
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Hebrew-language surnames
Jewish surnames
ru:Маламуд