Lerer — Recorded in many spellings including Lehr, Lehrer, Lerer, Lerhren, Lehrian, Lehrmann and others, this is surname of German and Askenasic medieval origins. It derives from the word lehr which has two possible origins. It may describe a teacher in… … Surnames reference
LERER, SHMUEL — (1930– ), ḥazzan. Shmuel Lerer was born in Jerusalem to a family of famous cantors. One of his forefathers, Aharon Natan Sofer, was for many years the cantor of the Tiferet Israel Synagogue in the old city of Jerusalem. Shmuel Lerer received a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LERER, YEHIEL — (1910–1943), Yiddish poet. Born in Mrozy, Poland, by the age of 16 he was considered a talmudic genius. He was introduced to Yiddish literature by his townsman and mentor, novelist I.M. Weissenberg , with whose Warsaw literary circle he was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LERER, JOSHUA — (1920– ), ḥazzan. Born in Jerusalem to a family of cantors, Lerer studied ḥazzanut under shelomo zalman rivlin and music at the Jerusalem Institute of Music. After serving as cantor in the Har ha Carmel Synagogue in Haifa for 12 years, and in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Seth Lerer — Professor Seth Lerer (1955 ) is Dean of Arts and Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Literature at the University of California at San Diego. He had previously held the Avalon Foundation Professorship in Humanities at Stanford University.… … Wikipedia
Shifra Lerer — (* 30. März 1915 in Argentinien; † 12. März 2011 in Manhattan, New York City) war eine US amerikanische Schauspielerin russischer Herkunft und eine der bedeutendsten Vertreterinnen des jüdischen Theaters. Leben Shifra Lerer stammte aus einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Samuel Lerer — (* 1. Oktober 1922 in Żółkiewka in Polen) ist ein Überlebender des Holocaust. Er ist einer von 47 Insassen des Vernichtungslagers Sobibór in Polen, denen es gelang, nach dem Aufstand von Sobibór im Oktober 1943 zu flüchten. Lerer kam im Mai… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kenneth Lerer — is an American businessman and media executive. In 2005, he co founded the political blog The Huffington Post with Arianna Huffington. The Huffington Post is headquartered in New York. In 2007, after the Huffington Post hired Betsy Morgan of CBS… … Wikipedia
The Rime of King William — is an Old English poem that tells the death of William the Conqueror. The Rime was a part of the only entry for the year of 1087 (though improperly dated 1086) in the “Peterborough Chronicle/Laud Manuscript.” In this entry there is a thorough… … Wikipedia