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Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Benjamin Moses Frankel was born to
Julius and
Lifshe Frankel, on
September 15, 1897, in Peoria, Illinois.
Frankel is a descendant...
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leading family in
Yiddish language and
cultural studies.
Members include:
Lifshe Schaechter-Widman (née Gottesman) (1893-1974) – folksinger,
author of Yiddish...
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French and
Latin at school. They were a
singing family and her mother,
Lifshe Schaechter, was
known for her wide folk repertoire. Schaechter-Gottesman...
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Comprehensive English Yiddish Dictionary based on his
lexical research. His mother,
Lifshe Schaechter-Widman,
wrote a memoir,
Durkhgelebt a Velt (A Full Life) in 1973...
