Schaechter-Gottesman

The Schaechter-Gottesman family is a leading family in Yiddish language and cultural studies.

Members include:
 * Lifshe Schaechter-Widman née Gottesman (1893-1974) – author of Yiddish autobiography, folksinger
 * Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman (1920-2013) - Yiddish poet, songwriter and folksinger
 * Mordkhe Schaechter (1927-2007) - Yiddish expert, linguist, researcher, teacher, and writer
 * Charlotte (Charne) Schaechter née Saffian (1927-2014) - Yiddish piano accompanist and translator
 * Itzik Gottesman (1957-) - Yiddish journalist with The Forward; expert on Yiddish folklore
 * Rukhl Schaechter (1957-) - Yiddish journalist with The Forward; host of on-line cooking show, Est gezunterheyt
 * Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (1958-) - Yiddish poet, and editor
 * Eydl Reznik née Schaechter (1962-) - Yiddish teacher and choir director, as well as artist
 * Binyumen Schaechter (1963-) - Yiddish composer, choral conductor, piano accompanist, and translator
 * Reyna Schaechter (1995-) - leading exponent of Yiddish song