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Motke
Motke, Mordkhe, or Mordka are Jewish given names, diminutives of Mordechai. Notable people referred to as Motke include: * Motke Rosenthal, or Márk Rózsavölgyi (1787-1848), Jewish Hungarian composer and violinist *Mordechai Maklef, Mordechai (Motke) Maklef (1920–1978), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces *Motke Chabad (19th century), Jewish Lithuanian jester from Vilnius *Mordka Mendel Grossman (1913-1945), photographer and worker in the Statistical Department of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto *Mordka was the birth given name of Mark Zamenhof (1837-1907) *Mordkhe Schaechter (1927-2007), Yiddish linguist *Mordkhe Veynger (1890–1929), Soviet-Jewish linguist Fictional characters *''Motke the Thief'', a 1913 novel by Sholem Ash * ''Motke the Angel of Death'', a 1926 novel by Ilya Selvinsky See also * {{given name Jewish given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motke Chabad
Motke Chabad (Mordechai Chabad) (c.1820-c.1880) was a Jewish Lithuanian (''Lithuanian Jews, litvak'') jester (''badchen'') from Vilnius known from many Jewish jokes. Folklore collections in Yiddish Cahan, I. L. (ed.) Vitsn un vitsike mayselekh: Motke Khabad. in: ''Yidisher folklor.'' Vilna: YIVO, 1938. P. 197-199 (15 jokes). 19th-century Lithuanian Jews Jewish humorists Jewish comedy and humor 1820s births 1880s deaths he:מוטקה חב"ד Joke cycles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
