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Shmuel Agnon	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Israeli writer, Nobel Prize (1966)
Israel Aksenfeld				Ukrainian-born Russian Yiddish writer,
Moyshe Altman				Moldovan-born Yiddish writer,
Semyon Ansky	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish author, politician, playwright,
Sholem Asch	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born American Yiddish author, playwright,
Joel Baer Falkovich				Ukrainian-born Yiddish playwright, (karaite)
Isaac Bashevis Singer	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born American writer, Nobel Prize (1978),
Israil Bercovici	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian playwright, director, biographer, memorist, poet,
Micha Berdyczewski	RWN		Img	Ukrainian-born writer, journalist, scholar,
David Bergelson	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish language writer,	RWN
Olexander Beyderman				Ukrainian-born Yiddish language writer,
Meir Blinken			Img	Ukrainian-born American Yiddish writer,
Rachel Boymvol	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Russian Israeli poet, translator, author,
Moishe Broderzon	RWF	HW	Img	Russian/Soviet theater director, poet,
Srul Bronshtein	RW5		Img	Moldovan-born Soviet Yiddish poet,
Josef Burg	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer, author, publisher, journalist,
Ion Calugaru	RWF	HW	Img	Romanian novelist, journalist, film/literary critic, screenwriter,
Marc Chagall	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Russian-French painter and stained glass artist,
Yitzhak Coren	RWF	HW	Img	Moldovan-born Israeli politician, Yiddish writers,
Yehiel De-Nur			Img	Polish-born writer,
Der Nister	RWN		Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish author, philosopher, translator, critic,
Isaac Mayer Dick			Img	Lithuanian-born hebraist, novelist,
Yankev Dinezon	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Polish author, editor, literary activist,
Moshe Dluznowsky			Img	Polish-born journalist, publicist, writer, dramatist,
Ovsei Driz	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish poet,
Celia Dropkin	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born American Yiddish poet,
David Edelstadt	RWF	HW	Img	Russian-born American anarchist poet,
Israel Elyashev			Img	Lithuanian-born Yiddish literary critic,
Melech Epstein		HW		Belarusian-born American journalist, historian, Yiddish writers,
Alter Esselin	RW5		Img	Russian-born American poet,
Solomon Ettinger	RW5		Img	Polish-born Yiddish language playwright, poet, songwriter,
Itzik Feffer	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Soviet poet, writer,
Mikhoel Felsenbaum			Img	Moldovan-born Yiddish novelist, poet, playwright,
Simon Frug	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Russian poet, lyricist, author,
Mordechai Gebirtig	RWF	HW	Img	Polish poet,songwriter:lyricist, composer,
Nahum Gergel	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer, jewish rights activist,
Jacob Glatstein	RWF		Img	Polish-born American poet, literary critic,
Hirsh Glick	RWN		Img	Polish/Lithuanian-born poet, partisan,
Gluckel of Hameln				German diarist,
David Gofshtein	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Jewish poet,
Ben Gold	RWE		Img	Moldovan-born president of Fur and Leather Workers Union   1937-55
Itche Goldberg			Img	Polish-born American writer, librettist, literary critic,
Abraham Goldfaden	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Romanian poet, screenwriter, lyricist, librettist,
Abraham Golomb			Img	Lithuanian-born American yiddish teacher, writer,
Elye Gordon				Ukrainian-born Soviet Yiddish author,
Shira Gorshman	RW5		Img	Lithuanian-born Israeli Yiddish language writer, memorist,
Avrom Ber Gotlober	RWF	HW	Img	Polish writer, historian, playwright, journalist, educator,
Chaim Grade	RWF		Img	Lithuanian-born Yiddish author,
Aliza Greenblatt			Img	Ukrainian-born American Yiddish poet,
William Gropper	RW5		Img	American cartoonist, painter, muralist, Yiddish writer,
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern			Img	Ukrainian-born American poet,
Morris Hillquit	RWC		Img	Latvian-born leader of American Socialist Party,
Peretz Hirschbein	RW5		Img	American Yiddish-language writer, playwright,
Miriam Hoffman			Img	Polish-born American Yiddish writer, playwright,
David Hofstein	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish poet,
Leah Horowitz				Polish-born Yiddish language writer, kabbalist,
Charles Jaffe		HW		Belarusian-born Yiddish language writer, chess player,
Alter Kacyzne	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Polish writer, poet, photographer,
Hannah Kahn				American poet,
Haim Kantorovitch			Img	Belarusian-born American socialist teacher, writer, marxist theoretician, bundist,
Dovid Katz	RWF		Img	American-born historian, Yiddish language writer,
Itzhak Katzenelson			Img	Belarusian-born teacher, poet, playwright,
Emmanuil Kazakevich	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Soviet author, poet, playwright, translator,
Irena Klepfisz			Img	Polish-born author, activist,
Zvi Kolitz			Img	Lithuanian-born American film producer, filmmaker, writer,
Rachel Korn	RW5	HW	Img	Polish Yiddish poet, author,
Esther Kreitman		HW	Img	Polish-born British Yiddish language novelist,
Mordechai Hillel Kroshnitz			Img	Belarusian-born Israeli Yiddish writer, editar, journalist, essayist,
Moyshe Kulbak	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish language writer, poet, theater director, playwright,
Leib Kvitko	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Russian Yiddish poet, author,
Joseph Lateiner	RW5		Img	Moldovan-born American playwright,
Leibush Lehrer			Img	Polish-born American Yiddish educator, writer, philosopher,
Mani Leib			Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish poet,
Yechiel Lerer				Yiddish poet,
H. Leivick	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born American Yiddish-language playwright,
Michael Lev			Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer,
Leibu Levin	RWF		Img	Romanian-born Israeli  Yiddish poet/singer,
Elia Levita	RWF			German-born Italian grammarian, poet,
Yitzkhok Yoel Linetzky	RW5			Ukrainian-born Yiddish author,
Itzik Manger	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian/Romanian-born Yiddish poet, playwright, writer,
Anna Margolin		HW	Img	Belarusian-born American Yiddish poet,
Peretz Markish	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish poet, playwright, novelist,
Mendele Mocher Sforim	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish novelist, playwright,
Shmuel Niger			Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish writer, literary critic, historian,
Moissaye Joseph Olgin	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born American writer, journalist, translator,
Joseph Opatoshu	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born American Yiddish novelist, journalist,
Israel Orenstein			Img	Ukrainian-born Russian Yiddish novelist,
Isaac Peretz	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Yiddish writer, playwright,
Joseph Perl			Img	Austrian/Ukrainian born educator, writer,
David Pinski	RW5	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish language writer, playwright,
Gabriel Preil		HW	Img	Estonian-born American Yiddish poet, translator,
Noach Prylucki	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Deputy of Seim 1919  1922-27, Yiddish linguist, philologist,
Chil Rajchman			Img	Polish-born Uruguayan writer,
Ryhor Reles	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish language writer,
Avrom Reyzen	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish writer, poet,editor,
Chava Rosenfarb	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Yiddish language writer, poet,
Bella Rosenfeld	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born writer, artist model,
Morris Rosenfeld		HW	Img	Polish-born American Yiddish poet,
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman			Img	Austrian-born Romanian American Yiddish poet, songwriter,
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath			Img	American-born Yiddish language poet,
Nahum Schaikewitz	RWB		Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish writer, playwright,
Rabbi Menachem Schneerson	RWF		Img	American religious philosopher,
Elias Schwarzfeld	RW5	HW	Img	Moldovan-born Romanian historian, novelist, translator,
Moshe Shalit			Img	Polish/Lithuanian-born researcher, journalist, essayist, ethographer,
Lamed Shapiro	RW5		Img	American Yiddish-language writer,
Zalman Shneur	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Israeli poet, novelist,
Sholem Aleichem	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American playwright, author,
Yankev Shternberg	RW5	HW	Img	Serbian-born theater actor/director,	YIVO
Nochum Shtif		HW	Img	Ukrainian-born linguist, literary historian, translator, philologist,
Israel Joshua Singer	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born American Yiddish language novelist,
Moisej Solomonovic Tejf				Belarusian-born Soviet Yiddish poet,
Eliezer Steinbarg	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born Romanian educator Yiddish poet,
Isaac Steinberg	RWF	HW	Img	Latvian-born politician, lawyer, writer, People's Commisar for Justice 1917-18,
Jacob Steinberg			Img	Ukrainian-born Israeli poet, playwright,
Eliezer Steinman	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Israeli writer, journalist, editor,
Abraham Nahum Stencl			Img	Polish-born Yiddish poet,
Yankev Sternberg		HW		Moldovan-born playwright, writer, theater director,
Mordechai Strigler				Yiddish writer, magazine editor,
Abraham Sutzkever	RWF	HW	Img	Polish/Belarusian-born Lithuanian Israeli poet,
Rebecca Tiktiner	RW5	HW	Img	Polish/Czech-born Romanian poet,
Yosef Tunkel	RWF		Img	Belarusian-born American writer,
Mark Warshawsky	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Russian poet, singer/songwriter, composer,
Isaac Weissenberg				Polish-born Yiddish language writer,
Elie Wiesel	RWF	HW	Img	Romanian-born American writer, Nobel Prize (1986) for Peace,
Hirsch Wolofsky	RW5		Img	Polish-born Canadian Yiddish author, busnessman, publisher,
Solomon Blumgarten			Img	Lithuanian-born American Yiddish poet, Bible translator,	Yehoash
Natan Zabara			Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer,
Hillel Zeitlin	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish language writer,
Eliakum Zunser			Img	Lithuanian-born American Yiddish poet, songwriter,
Rajzel Zychlinsky			Img	Polish-born American Yiddish writer,
Yiddish language writers/wiki
Yiddish language playwrights/wiki
Yiddish language poets/wiki
Yiddish language playwrights
Sholem Aleichem	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American playwright, author,
Semyon Ansky	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish author, politician, playwright,
Sholem Asch	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born American Yiddish author, playwright,
David Bergelson	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish language writer,
Israil Bercovici	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian playwright, director, biographer, memorist, poet,
Moshe Broderzon	RWF	HW	Img	Russian/Soviet Yiddish playwright, theater director,
Nahum Meir Chaykewitz		HW	Img	Belarusian-born American Yiddish-language novelist, playwright,
Osip Dymow	RWF		Img	Belarusian-born humorist, fiction writer, playwright,
Abraham Goldfaden	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Romanian poet, screenwriter, lyricist, librettist,
Jacob Gordin	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American playwright, author,
Avrom Ber Gotlober	RWF	HW	Img	Polish writer, historian, playwright, journalist, educator,
Peretz Hirschbein	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish language playwright,
Miriam Hoffman			Img	Polish-born American Yiddish writer, playwright,
Alter Kacyzne	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Polish writer, poet, photographer,
Moyshe Kulbak	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish language writer, poet, theater director, playwright,
H. Leivick	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born American Yiddish-language playwright,
Zalmon Libin			Img	Belausiuan-born American Yiddish-language playwright,
Itzik Manger	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian/Romanian-born Yiddish poet, playwright, writer,
Peretz Markish	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish poet, playwright, novelist,
David Pinski	RW5	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish language writer, playwright,
Nahum Schaikewitz	RWB		Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish writer, playwright,
Hersh Leib Sigheter			Img	Romanian-born Hungarian Yiddish playwright, translator, journalist, editor,
Israel Joshua Singer	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Yiddish novelist, playwright,
Jacob Steinberg			Img	Ukrainian-born Israeli poet, playwright,
Dora Wasserman	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born Canadian actress, playwright, theater director,
Aaron Zeitlin	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born playwright,
Yiddish Language linguists
Alexander Beider			Img	Russian-born French Yiddish linguist,
Solomon Birnbaum	RWB		Img	Austrian-born British Canadian Yiddish linguist, hebrew poleographer,
Ber Borochov	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born  zionist, Yiddish language linguist,
Alexander Harkavy	RWB	HW	Img	Belarusian-born linguist, lexicographer, writer,
Marvin Herzog	RW5		Img	Canadian linguist, Yiddish,
Joshua Fishman	RWF		Img	American linguist,
Judah Joffe				Ukrainian-born American Yiddish-language philologist, editor,
Zelig Kalmanovich			Img	Lithuanian philologist, historian, translator,
Dovid Katz	RWF		Img	American-born historian, Yiddish language writer,
Noach Prylucki	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Deputy of Seim 1919  1922-27, Yiddish linguist, philologist,
Zalman Reisen	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born lexicographer, literary historian, translator, linguist,
Lazar Saineanu	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian-born philologist, linguist, cultural historian,
Edward Sapir	RWF		Img	German/Polish-born American linguist, anthropologist,
Mordkhe Schaechter			Img	Romanian-born Yiddish linguist,
Moshe Shalit			Img	Polish/Lithuanian-born researcher, journalist, essayist, ethographer,
Nochum Shtif		HW	Img	Ukrainian-born linguist, literary historian, translator, philologist,
Mark Southern			Img	British-born American linguist, (convert to Judaism)
Nahum Stutchkoff	RW5		Img	Polish-born American actor, author, lexicographer, radio host,
Leonard Talmy			Img	American linguist,
Erika Timm			Img	German linguist,
Max Weinreich	RWF	HW	Img	Latvian-born Lithuanian American linguist, History of the Yiddish Language
Uriel Weinreich	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born American linguist,
Michael Wex	RW5		Img	Canadian novelist, playwright, translator,
Ruth Wisse	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian/Ukrainian-born American literature scholar, linguist,
Zalman Zylbercweig		HW	Img	Polish historian of Yiddish theater,
Ghil'ad Zuckerman	RW5	HW	Img	Israeli linguist, hebraist,
Yiddish Language Linguists/wiki
Translators (to/from) Yiddish
Isaac Babel	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Russian journalist, playwright, screenwriter, writer,	from
Jekuthiel Blitz				German rabbi, translator,	to
Benjamin Nehemiah Solomon				Polish-born British translator,	to
Isaac Bashevis Singer	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born American writer, Nobel Prize (1978),	from
Solomon Blumgarten			Img	Lithuanian-born American Yiddish poet, scholar, Bible translator,	to	Yehoash
Abraham Goldfaden	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Romanian poet, screenwriter, librettist, actor,	to
Hillel Halkin	RWB	HW	Img	American-born Israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, novelist,	from
Irena Klepfisz			Img	Polish-born author, activist,	from
Curt Leviant	RW5		Img	Austrian-born American novelist, translator,	from
Der Nister	RWN		Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish author, philosopher, translator, critic,	to
Zelig Kalmanovich			Img	Lithuanian philologist, historian, translator,	to
Leon Kobrin	RW5		Img	Belarusian-born American playwright, author, translator,	to
Esther Kreitman		HW	Img	Polish-born British Yiddish language novelist,	to
Goldie Morgentaler	RW5		Img	Canadian translator, literary scholar,	from
Joseph Perl			Img	Austrian/Ukrainian born educator, writer,	to
Robert Stiller	RW5		Img	Polish-born polyglot, writer, poet, translator, editor, literary critic, (Jewish father)	from
Elie Wiesel	RWF	HW	Img	Romanian-born American writer, Nobel Prize (1986) for Peace,	to
Translators to Yiddish/wiki
Translators from Yiddish/wiki
Yiddish Language journalists
Abraham Cahan	RW5	HW	Img	Belarusian/Lithuanian-born American author, journalist,
Daniel Charney			Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish poet, journalist,
Semyon Dimanstein	RWF	HW	Img	Soviet Commissar of Nationalities, head of Yevsektsiya,
Boris Dorfman	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born journalist, activist,
Alter Kacyzne	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Polish writer, poet, photographer,
Israel Joshua Singer	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Yiddish novelist, playwright,
Aaron Zeitlin	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born playwright,
Hillel Zeitlin	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish language writer,
YiddishLanguageJournalists/wiki
Yiddish Language songwriters
David Beigelman	RWF		Img	Polish violinist, orchestra leader, composer, songwriter,
Nellie Casman	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American singer, actress,
Abraham Ellstein	RWB		Img	American composer,
Mordechai Gebirtig	RWF	HW	Img	Polish poet,songwriter:lyricist, composer,	RWN
Mikhl Gelbart			Img	Polish-born American composer of Yiddish songs,
Eli Gerstner	RWB	HW	Img	American singer/songwriter, producer,
Abraham Goldfaden	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Romanian poet, screenwriter, librettist, actor,
Abraham Zevi Idelsohn	RWF	HW	Img	Latvian-born Israeli American lyricist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist,
Jacob Jacobs	RWE		Img	Hungarian-born American theater director, songwriter:lyricist,
Arye Levanon				Israeli composer,
Moyshe Nadir	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American yiddish writer, satirist,
Alexander Olshanetsky	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born American composer, conductor, violinist,
Dmitry Pokrass	RWF		Img	Russian songwriter,
Boris Rosenthal	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born American character actor, operetta lyricist, (Yiddish theater)
Joseph Rumshinsky	RW5		Img	Lithuanian-born Broadway/Second Avenue composer,
Binyumen Schaechter			Img	American Yiddish conductor, composer,
Abe Schwartz	RW5		Img	Romanian-born American clarinetist, violinist, pianist, bandleader,
Sholom Secunda	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American composer, songwriter,
Chaim Tauber			Img	Ukrainian-born American actor,
Mark Warshawsky	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Russian poet, singer/songwriter, composer,
Lazar Weiner	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born American Yiddish art songs composer,
Herman Yablokoff	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born American poet, actor, songwriter, producer, director,
Aaron Zeitlin	RWF	HW	Img	Belarusian-born playwright,
Yiddish language singers
Chava Alberstein	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli singer/songwriter, lyricist,
Efim Alexandrov			Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish languages singer,
Mikhail Alexandrovich	RWF	HW	Img	Latvian-born cantor, opera singer,
Adi Arad		HW	Img	Israeli Yiddish/Hebrew singer, cantor, broadcaster,
Anat Atzmon	RWC	HW	Img	Israeli actress, singer,
Claire Barry	RWF	HW	Img	American Yiddish jaaz singer,
Merna Barry	RWF	HW	Img	American Yiddish jaaz singer,
Sidor Belarsky	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American singer,
Theodore Bikel	RWF	HW	Img	Austrian-born American actor, singer,
Jay Black	RWF		Img	American singer,
Berl Broder	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian theater actor, singer,	Berl Margulis
Pesach Burstein	RW5	HW	Img	American Israeli actor, comedian, singer,
Mike Burstyn	RW5	HW	Img	American Israeli actor, singer,
Nellie Casman	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American Yiddish actress, singer,
Natalie Choquette	RW5		Img	Japan-born Canadian singer, soprano, ???
Adrienne Cooper	RW5		Img	American Yiddish language singer,
Louis Danto		HW	Img	Polish-born Canadian singer, cantor, tenor,
Efim Dzigan	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, comedian, singer,
Sara Fibih
Dudu Fisher	RW5	HW	Img	Israeli American cantor, singer,
Avraham Fried	RWB	HW	Img	American hasidic singer,
Debbie Friedman	RW5	HW	Img	American composer, singer,
Leo Fuld	RWE	HW	Img	Dutch singer,
Arkady Gendler	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born Yiddish singer,
Scott Gerber			Img	American rancher, singer,
Eli Gerstner	RWB	HW	Img	American singer/songwriter, producer,
Mark Glanville			Img	British writer, opera singer,
Zina Goldstein	RW5		Img	Polish Yiddish theater actress, singer,
Sarah Gorby	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born French singer,
Marina Gordon	RWF		Img	Belarusian singer, coloratura soprano,
Emil Gorovets	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Soviet Israeli singer,
Wiera Gran	RWF		Img	Polish singer, actress,
Anna Guzik	RWF		Img	Belarusian-born Soviet Israeli actress, singer,
Izik Hanish		HW	Img	American hasidic Yiddish singer,
Nechama Hendel		HW	Img	Israeli singer,
Jitz Jordan	RW5		Img	American rapper,	Y-Love
Bente Kahan	RW5	HW	Img	Norwegian-born  Yiddish vocalist, actress,
David Kalish		HW	Img	Israeli-born American singer,
Zhanna Kaplan			Img
Samson Kemelmakher	RWE		Img	Moldovan-born Russian Yiddish singer,
Liel Kolet	RWC		Img	Israeli singer,
Psoy Korolenko	RWF		Img	Russian singer/songwriter, film actor, satirist,
Nadia Kotcher		HW	Img	Russian-born Israeli singer, actress,
Wolf Krakowski	RW5		Img	Austrian-born Canadian guitarist, singer,
Miriam Kressyn	RW5		Img	Polish-born American stage/film/radio actress, singer,
Rolinha Kross	RWB		Img	Dutch singer, (Jewish mother)
Shifra Lerer			Img	Argentine-born American stage/film actress,
Nechama Lifschitz	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Soviet Yiddish singer,
Vira Lozinsky	RWC		Img	Moldovan-born Israeli Yiddish singer,
Lillian Lux	RW5	HW	Img	American-born Israeli  singer, author, songwriter, actress,
Joseph Maurer		HW
Sigmund Mogulesko	RWF	HW	Img	Romanian-born American singer, actor, composer,
Vadim Mulerman	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born Russian/Soviet singer,
Shuli Natan	RWF	HW	Img	British-born Israeli singer,
Esther Ofarim	RWF	HW	Img	Israeli singer, actress, "ESC" second place 1963,
Moshe Oisher	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born Canadian American cantor, singer,
Mark Olf			Img	Belarusian-born American folksinger,
Mandy Patinkin	RWF	HW	Img	American actor, singer, tenor,
Jan Peerce	RWF	HW	Img	American theater actor, singer,
Daniella Rabbani	RWC		Img	Israeli American actress, singer, voiceover artist,
Seymour Rexite		HW	Img	Polish-born stage actor, singer,
Yossele Rosenblatt	RW5	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American cantor, composer,
Ruth Rubin	RWF
Neil Sedaka	RWF	HW	Img	American pop singer/songwriter, pianist,
Shmuel Segal		HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli film/stage actor, singer,
Yaakov Shwekey		HW	Img	American singer,
Zinovy Shulman	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born Soviet Yiddish poet, tenor,
Michael Streicher		RWF		American hasidic singer,
Ada Svetlova				Ukrainian-born Latvian singer, mezzo-soprano,
Sidi Tal	RWF		Img	Moldovan/Ukrainian-born actress, singer,	RWN
Karsten Troyke	RW5		Img	German singer of Yiddish songs, actor,
Monika Vardimon		HW	Img	Romanian-born Israeli actress, singer,
David Werdyger	RW5	HW	Img	American hasidic singer/songwriter, cantor,
Mordechai Werdyger		HW	Img	American hasidic singer/songwriter,
Yafa Yarkoni	RWF	HW	Img	Israeli singer,
Velvel Zbarjer	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born singer,
Ben Zimet		HW	Img	Canadian-born French Yiddish singer,
Regine Zylberberg	RWF		Img	Belgian-born French actress, inventor of discotheque, nightclub impresario,
YiddishSingers/wiki/cat
Yiddish language film directors/producers/screenwriters
Moshe Broderzon	RWF	HW	Img	Russian/Soviet Yiddish playwright, theater director,
Sidney Goldin	RW5		Img	American silent film director, film producer, writer, actor,
Joseph Green	RW5		Img	Polish-born American film actor/director,
James Handeblit				Polish film/stage Yiddisth actor,
Henry Lynn	RWB	HW	Img	Polish-born American film director, screenwriter, producer, Yiddish language,
Maurice Schwartz	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American stage/film actor, screenwriter, film director,
Joseph Seiden				American director/producer of Yiddish films,
Bess Taffel			Img	American  screenwriter, television writer,
Ilia Trilling			Img	German-born Yiddish theatrical producer, composer,
Jonas Turkow	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, stage manager, director, writer,
Zygmunt Turkow	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli stage/film actor, director, playwright,
Yiddish comedians
Dave Cash			Img	Romanian-born French Yiddish comedian, composer, entertainer,
Efim Dzigan	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, comedian, singer,
Mickey Katz	RWF		Img	American actor, comedian,
Molly Picon	RWF	HW	Img	American stage/film/television actress, comedian, songwriter,
Israel Shumacher	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, comedian,  singer,
Menasha Skulnik	RW5		Img	Polish-born American stage/television actor, comedian,
Yiddish film/theater actors
Celia Adler	RWC		Img	American stage actress,
Jacob Adler	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born British American stage actor,
Julius Adler			Img	Polish-born actor, writer, director,
Sara Adler	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born American actress,
Sonya Adler Oberlander		HW	Img	Ukrainian-born  actress,
Stella Adler	RWF	HW	Img	American actress, acting teacher,
Yakov Alperin		HW	Img	Israeli yiddish theater actor,
Alexander Asro	RW5		Img	Lithuanian-born American stage/film actor,
Anat Atzmon	RWC	HW	Img	Israeli actress, singer,
Shmuel Atzmon		HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli theater actor/director,
Mischa Auer	RWF		Img	Russian American actor, (Jewish maternal grandfather)
Claire Barry	RWF	HW	Img	American Yiddish jaaz singer,
Merna Barry	RWF	HW	Img	American Yiddish jaaz singer,
Israel Becker		HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli theater achor/director,
Israel Berkovici		HW		Romanian-born playwright, director, actor, biographer,
Mina Bern	RW5		Img	Polish-born American actress,
Herschel Bernardi	RW5		Img	American stage/film/television actor,
Helen Beverley	RW5		Img	American film/stage actress,
Leon Blank	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born American stage actor, director,
Diana Blumenfeld	RWF		Img	Polish-born singer, pianist, actress,
Yaakov Bodo	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian-born Israeli actor, comedian,
Agnia Bogoslava		HW	Img	Russian-born Romanian Israeli stage actress,
Reizl Bozyk	RW5	HW	Img	Poish-born American stage/film actress,
Berl Broder	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian theater actor, singer,	Berl Margulis
Joseph Buloff	RW5	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born American actor, film director/producer,
Pesach Burstein	RW5	HW	Img	American Israeli actor, comedian, singer,
Mike Burstyn	RW5	HW	Img	American Israeli actor, singer,
Dave Cash			Img	Romanian-born French Yiddish comedian, composer, entertainer,
Nellie Casman	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American singer, actress,
Efim Dzigan	RWF	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, comedian, singer,
Joseph Edelstein				Romanian-born American Yiddish theater actor,
Pauline Edelstein			Img	Romanian-born American stage actress,
Sonia Ejdelman				Polish film/stage actress,
Yakov Einstein		HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli theater actor, singer,
Mikhail Epelbaum	RWN		Img	Ukrainian-born Soviet Yiddish singer, actor,
Sigmund Feinman	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born actor, entrepreneur, director, playwright,
Herman Fenigsztejn				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Dina Fijalkowska				Polish Yiddish actress,
Sheva Fingerova	RWN		Img	Ukrainian-born Yiddish stage actress,
Fyvush Finkel	RWF		Img	American film/television actor, director, playwright,
Maurice Finkel	RWF			Moldovan-born American Yiddish theater actor, architect,
Moishe Finkel	RWF	HW	Img	Yiddish theater performer, actor,
Shmuel Fisher		HW	Img	Polish-born actor, entertainer, comedian, songwriter,
Misha Fisszon				American-born Polish Yiddish actor,
Leo Fuchs	RW5		Img	Polish/Ukrainian-born American actor,
Ruzha Fuchs		HW		Polish/Ukrainian-born Yiddish theater actress,
Yakov Fuchs		HW		Polish Yiddish theater actor,
Leon Garbarski				Polish Yiddish theater actor,
Berta Gersten				Polish-born American Yiddish theater actress,
Estelle Getty	RWF	HW	Img	American stage/film/television actress, comedian,
Moti Giladi		HW	Img	Israeli singer/songwriter, actor, comedian,
Wladyslaw Godik		HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Polish singer, actor, theater director,
Moisey Goldblat	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born Soviet film/theater director, actor,
Eliyahu Goldenberg		HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Israeli actor, director,
Isidor Goldenberg				Romanian yiddish theater singer, actor,
Abraham Goldfaden	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Romanian poet, screenwriter, librettist, actor,
Sidney Goldin	RW5		Img	American silent film director, film producer, writer, actor,
Jennie Goldstein			Img	American-born Yiddish theater actress,
Sokher Goldstein				Yiddish theater singer, actor,
Zina Goldstein	RW5		Img	Polish Yiddish theater actress, singer,
Helena Gotlib	RWF		Img	Polish film/stage actress,
Joseph Green	RW5		Img	Polish-born American Idish theater actor,
Anetta Grodner		HW		Ukrainian singer, actress,
Israel Grodner	RW5		Img	Lithuanian-born Romanian Yiddish theater founding actor,
Sara Grynhaus				Polish Yiddish theater actress,
Dina Halpern			Img	Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
James Handeblit				Polish film/stage actor,
Hersh Hart				Polish film/stage actor,
Simon Herman				Polish Yiddish theater/film actor,
Moses Horowitz	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born Romanian playwright, stage actor,
Tea Izraelis				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Hymie Jacobson	RW5		Img	American actor, composer,
Naomi Junglach				Polish Yiddish theater actress,
Luba Kadison			Img	Lithuanian-born American actress,
Bente Kahan	RW5	HW	Img	Norwegian-born  Yiddish vocalist, actress,
Florence Kahn
Bertha Kalich	RW5		Img	Polish/Ukrainian-born American stage actress,
Ester Kaminska	RWN	HW	Img	Polish stage actress,
Ida Kaminska	RWF	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Polish film/stage actress,
Sophia Karp	RW5	HW	Img	Romanian-born actress, singer:soprano,
David Kasler		HW	Img	Romanian-born American Yiddish theater actor,
Sam Kasten			Img	American comic actor,
Leon Kaswiner				Polish film/stage actor,
Mickey Katz	RWF		Img	American actor, comedian,
David Kessler	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born American stage actor,
Abba Kompaneyets			Img	Polish Yiddish troupe manager, actor,
Lea Kompanijec				Poish-born American stage/film actress,
Esther Kowalska				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Miriam Kressyn	RW5		Img	Polish-born American stage/film/radio actress, singer,
James Kurlender				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Mose Lanchman				Polish Yiddish stage actor,
Betty Lattowicz				Polish Yiddish stage actor,
Aaron Lebedeff	RWC		Img	Belarusian-born Yiddish theater actor,
Halina Lercher				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Herman Lechrer				Polish Yiddish theater/film actor,
Iron Lejzer				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Shifra Lerer			Img	Argentine-born American stage/film actress,
James Libert				Polish Yiddish theater/film actor,
Basia Liebgold				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Leon Liebgold	RWB	HW	Img	Polish-born American film actor,
Lili Liliana				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Moses Lipman				Polish Yiddish theater/film actor,
Keni Liptzin	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American stage actress,
Bert Litwin				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Elizabeth Lotenberg				Polish Yiddish stage actor,
Yitzchak Lowy				Polish Yiddish stage actor,
David Lui				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Baruch Lumet	RW5		Img	Polish-born American Yiddish actor,
Sidney Lumet	RWF	HW	Img	American film director, screenwriter, producer,
Lillian Lux	RW5	HW	Img	American-born Israeli  singer, author, songwriter, actress,
Carol Marcovici		HW	Img	Romanian singer, stage actor,
Rudolph Marks				American playwright, songwriter, comedian,
Alexander Marten				Polish film/stage actor, film director,
Jose Maurer	RW5	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born Argentine Israeli stage/film actor,
Solomon Mikhoels	RWF	HW	Img	Latvian-born Russian actor, theater director,
Sigmund Mogulesko	RWF	HW	Img	Romanian-born American singer, actor, composer,
Paul Muni	RWF	HW	Img	Polish/Ukrainian-born American actor,
Abraham Nuger	RWN		Img	Ukrainian-born Soviet actor, theater director,
Freida Oisher	RWF	HW	Img	Moldovan-born American actress,
Menashe Oppenheim	RW5		Img	Polish Yiddish stage/film actror,
Moishe Oysher	RWF	HW	Img	Romanian-born American actor, cantor,
Esther Perelman				Polish Yiddish stage/film actress,
Max Perelman				Polish Yiddish stage/film actor,
Molly Picon	RWF	HW	Img	American stage/film/television actress, comedian, songwriter,
Aron Poles				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Shloyme Prizament	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born Polish composer, singer, songwriter, actor,
Haim Prizant	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born American stage actor,
James Rajnglas				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Anna Rapel				Polish Yiddish stage/film actress,
Mikhail Rasumny	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born American actor,
Tzila Raviv-Zur		HW	Img	Israeli stage/film actress,
Joseph Retik				Polish stage actor, model,
Seymour Rexite		HW	Img	Polish-born stage actor, singer,
Shmuel Rodensky	RW5	HW	Img	Belarusian-born Istaeli film/stage actor,
Israel Rosenberg				Ukrainian yiddish theater founding actor,
Boris Rosenthal	RWF		Img	Moldovan-born American character actor, operetta lyricist, (Yiddish theater)
Ajzyk Rotman				Polish Yiddish stage/film actor,
Szaja Rotszejin				Polish Yiddish stage/film actress,
Ludwig Satz			Img	Polish/Ukrainian-born American stage/film actor,
Bernard Sauer	RWB		Img	Argentine-born American stage actor,
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman			Img	Austrian-born Romanian American Yiddish poet, songwriter,
Herbert Scherbert				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Hubert Schoner				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Abba Schoengold	RW5		Img	Romanian-born Ameican  actor,
Annetta Schwartz				Romanian Yiddish theater actress,
Margaretta Schwartz				Romanian Yiddish theater actress,
Maurice Schwartz	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American stage/film actor, screenwriter, film director,
Zvee Scooler	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born American actor,
Israel Segal		HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Israeli  theater actor/director,
Shmuel Segal		HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli film/stage actor, singer,
Herman Sieradzki				Polish Yiddish theater/film actor,
Dinah Shtettin	RW5		Img	British-born stage actress,
Yakov Shternberg	RWF	HW	Img	Moldovan-born theater actor/director,
Israel Shumacher	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, comedian,  singer,
Menasha Skulnik	RW5		Img	Polish-born American stage/television actor, comedian,
Rose Soszana				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Zypora Spaisman	RW5		Img	Polish-born American actress,
Jacob Spivakofsky				Ukrainian yiddish theater actor,
Stefania Staszewska			Img	Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Alexander Stein				Polish Yiddish stage/film actor,
Edward Sternbach				Polish Yiddish stage/film actor,
Nina Stolarska				Polish Yiddish theater actress,
Zvi Stolpher		HW	Img	Romanian-born Israeli theater actor/director,
Solomon Stramer			Img	Romanian Yiddish theater founder in Vienna,
Alina Swidowska				Polish stage/fim actress, singer,
Nathan Symche				Polish Yiddish stage actor,
Gitla Szachmajster				Polish Yiddish theater actress,
Frieda Szafer				Polish Yiddish theater actress,
Adam Szengut				Polish Yiddish theater actror,
Sonia Szlosberg				Polish Yiddish stage/film actress,
Rachel Szpan				Polish Yiddish theater actress,
Michael Szwejlich				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor, theater director,
Sidi Tal	RWF		Img	Moldovan/Ukrainian-born actress, singer,	RWN
Tania Tajtelbaum				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Golda Tencer	RWB		Img	Polish actress, director, singer,
Bessie Thomashefsky	RW5	HW	Img	American actress, singer,
Boris Thomashefsky	RW5	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born American singer, actor,
Israel Traistman		HW	Img	Israeli theater actor,
Jonas Turkow	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli actor, stage manager, director, writer,
Zygmunt Turkow	RW5	HW	Img	Polish-born Israeli stage/film actor, director, playwright,
Jenny Valliere				German Yiddish actress,,
Monika Vardimon		HW	Img	Romanian-born Israeli actress, singer,
Nathan Volfovitz		HW		Polish-born Israeli stage/film actor,
Herman Wajsman				Polish Yiddish film/stage actor,
Dora Wasserman	RW5		Img	Ukrainian-born Canadian actress, playwright, theater director,
Rebecca Weintraub	RWF		Img	Ukrainian-born American actress,
Ernestine Winnicka				Polish Yiddish film/stage actress,
Ben-Zion Witler	RWF		Img	Polish singer, actor, coupletist, comedian, composer,
Than Wyenn	RWF		Img	American film/television character actor,
Annabella Yaakov		HW		Israeli theater actress,
Alexander Yahalomi		HW		Latvian-born Israeli  actor, entertainer,
Gadi Yagil		HW	Img	Israeli actor, entertainer,
Boaz Young			Img	Polish-born American Yiddish stage actor,
Clara Young	RWN	HW	Img	Ukrainian-born yiddish theater actress,
Naum Zemach	RWF		Img	Belarusian-born American actor, director, co-founder of Habima,
Benjamin Zuskin	RWF	HW	Img	Lithuanian-born Russian actor, director,
Yetta Zwerling			Img	Ukrainian-born American film actress, Yiddish theater,
Zalmen Zylbercweig			Img	Polish-born historian of Yiddish theater,
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