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Schechter

American  
[shek-ter] / ˈʃɛk tər /

noun

  1. Solomon, 1847–1915, U.S. Hebraist, born in Romania.


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Schechter joined Labcorp from Merck in 2019, just months before Covid was declared a nationwide outbreak.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Hope Mendoza Schechter, a former garment worker, co-founded Community Services Organization, which in 1949 helped Ed Roybal become L.A.’s first Latino councilmember in the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

“It was very loud,” lawyer Efrat Eldan Schechter says by WhatsApp message from Ra’anana in central Israel, adding that she believes “it is not the end for tonight”.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024

He lists Omer’s leadership positions as captain of the basketball, soccer and volleyball teams at the Schechter School of Long Island, as well as a regional president of United Synagogue Youth.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

Rabbi Schechter, in an eloquent address delivered at the Centennial celebration, speaks of Lincoln's personality as follows: The half century that has elapsed since Lincoln's death has dispelled the mists that encompassed him on earth.

From Abraham Lincoln by George Haven Putnam

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