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Shtern Rasha-Zislya Ayzekovna (1868)

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SurnameShtern
NameRasha-Zislya
PatronymAyzekovna
Birth year1868
Birth month5
Birth day4
Birth placeAnykščiai
SexF

Shtern (née Trotskaya) Rasha-Zislya Ayzekovna (04.05.1868, Anykščiai, Kovno Governorate ― ?) ― educator. She was born into a townsperson's family. In 1885 she completed the Liepāja Municipal Women's School, and received the qualification of home teacher. In 1888―97 she taught at the Basic School of the Liepāja Synagogue. In 1890―97 she was head of the Jewish Society's women's school in Liepāja, and in 1897―1915 she owned the Private Women's School in Liepāja. From 1917 to 1920 she was in evacuation in Moscow, where she taught at R. Gets's Private Gymnasium. From the autumn of 1920 she headed the Basic School of the Liepāja Society of Jewish Culture, and in the spring of 1921 she became head of the State Jewish Secondary School. She continued her teaching practice until the beginning of 1927. Husband Mendel Shtern, daughter Sofiya Lifshits (b. 18.05.1899).
Mendel Shtern - husband
Sofiya Lifshits (1899-?) - daughter

S. Kovalchuk

Archival source: Latvian State Historical Archive, F. 1632, op. 1, d. 21258.