Schechter
Schachter, Schächter or Schechter (from Yiddish shochet, 'to slaughter'. Hebrew:שכטר also Shechter) is a Yiddish and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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- Daniel Schacter, psychologist, neuroscientist, researcher in human memory
- Binyumen Schaechter, composer, arranger, conductor
- Carl Schachter, music theorist specializing in Schenkerian analysis
- Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
- Joshua Schachter, creator of the website Delicious
- Mioara Mugur-Schächter, French specialist on Physics and Epistemology
- Norm Schachter, American football official in the NFL
- Oscar Schachter, international law and diplomacy professor
- Rafael Schächter, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and conductor, organizer of cultural life in Terezín concentration camp
- Sam Schachter, Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player
- Stanley Schachter, American psychologist
- Steven Schachter, American director and screenwriter
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- Aaron Schechter, rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin.
- Alan Schechter, political scientist
- Ben Schechter, American filmmaker
- Daniel Schechter, psychiatrist, developmental neuroscientist, researcher in trauma and attachment
- Daniel Schechter (director), American filmmaker and director
- Danny Schechter, television producer and filmmaker
- Harold Schechter, writer
- Itay Shechter, Israeli footballer currently playing for Beitar Jerusalem.
- Jody Scheckter, retired racing driver now farmer
- Martin Schechter, Canadian medical epidemiologist recognized for contributions to HIV and addiction research
- Mathilde Roth Schechter
- Ofer Shechter, Israeli actor, entertainer, model and TV host.
- Paul L. Schechter, American astronomer
- Peter Schechter, political consultant and author
- Sarah Schechter, American rabbi
- Solomon Schechter, rabbi
- Yaakov Meir Shechter leader and teacher in the Breslov Hasidic movement in Israel.
See also
- Schechter Letter, letter discovered in the Cairo Geniza
- Solomon Schechter Day School Association, named after Solomon Schechter
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, United States Supreme Court case
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