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Charna
Charna or Cherna (, , or ) is a Yiddish-language feminine given name, from a Slavic word meaning "black" or "dark". Notable people with the name include: * Charnele Brown (born ), American actress * Charna Furman (born 1941), Uruguayan architect * Charna Halpern (born 1952), American comedian * Tscharna Rayss (1890–1965), Russian-Israeli botanist See also * Czerny Czerny is a surname meaning "black" in some Slavic languages. It is one of many variant forms, including Czarny, Černý, Czernik, Cherney, and Čierny, among others. People Notable people with this surname include: * Adalbert Czerny (1863–194 ... * Charnas (surname) * Chernoff References {{given name Yiddish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charna Halpern
Charna Halpern (born June 1, 1952) is an American comedian who is co-founder of the ImprovOlympic, now known as iO. Upon iO's founding, in 1983, with partner Del Close, she began teaching Harold to many students in the Chicago theater community. Many prominent comedians performed at iO, from Neil Flynn ('' The Middle'') to Jack McBrayer (''30 Rock''). Also appearing were up and coming comedic minds such as Craig Cackowski (''Drunk History''). Halpern opened the iO West located in Hollywood, California, in the early 2000s. In February 2018, she made the decision to close the theater citing the reasons as the neighboring nightclub and lack of attendance. She and Close co-authored the book ''Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation'' with editor Kim "Howard" Johnson in 1994. She published ''Group Improvisation'' in 2003 and ''Art by Committee'' in 2006. The remaining theater in Chicago, originally located in the Wrigleyville neighborhood was forced to relocate due to neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charna Furman
Charna Furman (born 12 December 1941) is a Uruguayan architect noted for her design of a communal women's housing project designed to create affordable housing for single mothers. As a prisoner, confined during the Uruguayan Dictatorship, she has become an advocate for people deprived of their civil liberties and participated in the creation of a film regarding her ordeal. Early life Jaie Charna Furman Naidich was born on 12 December 1941, in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Jaie Naidich and José Furman. She grew up in her maternal grandparents home and was raised in a traditional Jewish family. Her father's family had fled to Uruguay to escape the Holocaust. Entering architecture studies at the University of the Republic in 1961, she became involved in the work of the Center of Architecture Students () and the Federation of University Students, attending numerous international conferences. In 1968, she joined the Culture Commission and was also involved in the communist youth movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charnas (surname) (1939–2023), American novelist
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Charnas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arielle Charnas (born 1987), American online fashion influencer *Dan Charnas (born 1967), American author, radio host, and record company executive * Spencer Charnas ( 2000–present), American musician, lead singer of the band Ice Nine Kills *Suzy McKee Charnas Suzy McKee Charnas (October 22, 1939 – January 2, 2023) was an American novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. She won several awards for her fiction, including the Hugo Award, the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernoff
Chernoff may be either a Jewish surname, meaning "descendent of Charna" or a German-language transliteration of the Russian surname Chernov. Notable people with the surname include: * Herman Chernoff (born 1923), American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist * Maxine Chernoff Maxine Chernoff (born 1952) is an American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor. Biography She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chernoff is a professor and ... (born 1952), American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor * Mike Chernoff (other), multiple people * Paul Chernoff (1942–2017), American mathematician See also * References {{surname Jewish matronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew language, Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew, Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Jewish ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavs, Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic language, Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Early Middle Ages, which in turn is thought to have descended from the earlier Proto-Balto-Slavic language, linking the Slavic languages to the Baltic languages in a Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic group within the Indo-European family. The current geographical distribution of natively spoken Slavic languages includes the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, and all the way from Western Siberia to the Russian Far East. Furthermore, the diasporas of many Slavic peoples have established isolated minorities of speakers of their languages all over the world. The number of speakers of all Slavic languages together was estimated to be 315 million at the turn of the twenty-first century. It is the largest and most d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charnele Brown
Karen Charnele Brown (née Dozier; born ) is an American actress, producer, writer, fashion designer and singer. She is known for her roles as Paula in the 1992 film ''How Ya Like Me Now'' and as Kimberly Reese on NBC comedy sitcom ''A Different World'' from 1988 until 1993. Biography Born in East Hampton, Brown is a graduate of East Hampton High School. Brown later attended the State University of New York at New Paltz Where she studied acting with other notables, including Aida Turturro. Brown made her Broadway debut in 1989 as the first American member of the South African musical "Sarafina!" Other stage performances have included the roles of Polly and Delores in "The Trials and Tribulations of Stagger Lee Brown," Ruby in "The Lord's Will," Marty in "Sisters" and Mable in "My Diary." After ''A Different World'' ended, Brown guest starred on sitcoms such as ''Living Single'', ''Martin'', and '' Girlfriends''. She made a brief appearance in a movie titled ''How Ya Like Me No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tscharna Rayss
Tscharna Rayss (; 1890-1965) was a Russian-Israeli botanist, phycologist, and mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ... noted for studying species in the Mediterranean and Red Sea. References 1890 births 1965 deaths Israeli women scientists Israeli botanists Russian women scientists 20th-century Russian botanists Russian women botanists {{Israel-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czerny
Czerny is a surname meaning "black" in some Slavic languages. It is one of many variant forms, including Czarny, Černý, Czernik, Cherney, and Čierny, among others. People Notable people with this surname include: * Adalbert Czerny (1863–1941), German pediatrician, co-founder of modern pediatrics * Carl Czerny (1791–1857), Austrian pianist, composer, and teacher * Joseph Czerny (1785–1842), composer and pianist * George Czerny (1766–1817), alternate name of Serbian political leader Karađorđe Petrović * Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), Polish pianist * Henry Czerny (born 1959), Canadian actor *Leander Czerny (1859–1944), Czech entomologist * Ludwig Czerny (born 1941), German technician, film producer, and film director * Marianus Czerny (1896–1985), German experimental physicist * Michael Czerny (born 1946), Roman Catholic Cardinal * Sabine Czerny, Bavarian primary school teacher * Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), German surgeon *Zygmunt Czerny (1888–1975), P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
