Sender (, ) is a
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
-language masculine given name. It is a variant of the name
Alexander
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here ar ...
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Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Sender ben Mordecai (), rabbi
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Sender Garlin
Sender Garlin (April 4, 1902 – December 6, 1999)
was an American journalist, pamphleteer, and writer.
Career
Background
Sender Garlin was born in Bialystok, Poland, on April 4, 1902. His family left the country in 1906 to escape pogroms. A ...
(1902–1999), American writer
* (1859–1899), guard
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Sender Jarmulowsky
Alexander Jarmulowsky (1840-1912), better known as Sender Jarmulowsky, was a Russian Jewish banker who founded the Jarmulowsky Bank on the Lower East Side of New York in 1873.
Life
Jarmulowsky was born in the town of Grajewo, Russia (present-d ...
(1840–1912), Russian-American banker
* (1769–1818), founder of the
Komarno Hasidic dynasty
Last name
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Isidor Sender
Isidor Harry Sender (8 November 1905 – 14 May 1943) was an Australian doctor, soldier and rugby league player.
Born in Leeds, England, Sender grew up in a Jewish family in Sydney. His father, Leslie, served as treasurer of the Great Synagogu ...
(1905–1943), Australian rugby player
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Ruth Minsky Sender
Ruth Minsky Senderowicz (3 May 1926 – January 2024) was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor. She wrote three memoirs about her experience: ''The Cage'', '' To Life'' and '' Holocaust Lady''.
Early life
''Rifkele Riva Minska'' was born in � ...
(1926–2024), American memoirist
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Toni Sender
Toni Sender (or Tony Sender) (29 November 1888 – 26 June 1964) was a German socialist, feminist, journalist, trade unionist and politician who served as a member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1933. She was active in left-wing German politics i ...
(1888–1964), German activist
References
See also
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Sander (name) The masculine given name Sander is a variant of Alexander, used in the Dutch-speaking areas of Europe (chiefly the Netherlands and northern Belgium), as well as Norway and Estonia. As of 1 January 2021, it is the 34th most common masculine given na ...
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Masculine given names
Yiddish-language given names