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Mordkhe Schaechter | |
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| Born | Itsye Mordkhe Schaechter December 1, 1927 |
| Died | February 15, 2007 (aged 79) |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, writer, and educator |
Itsye Mordkhe Schaechter (Yiddish: איציע מרדכי שעכטער; December 1, 1927 – February 15, 2007) was a leading Yiddish linguist, writer, and educator who spent a lifetime studying, standardizing and teaching the language.[1]
Schaechter, whose passion for Yiddish dated to his boyhood in Romania, dedicated his life to reclaiming Yiddish as a living language for the descendants of its first speakers, the Ashkenazic Jewry of central and eastern Europe. He was also the third editor of Afn Shvel (1957–2004), a Yiddish magazine.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (February 16, 2007). "Mordkhe Schaechter, 79, Leading Yiddish Linguist". The New York Times. p. A21.