Hersh

Hersh (Yiddish: הערש) is both a given name and surname, from the Yiddish language.

People with the name include:

Given name

• Hersh Leib Sigheter (1829–1930), Hungarian Yiddish writer
• Hersh Wolch (1940–2017), Canadian lawyer
• Hersh Goldberg-Polin (2000–2024), American-Israeli hostage and terrorism victim

Surname

• Arek Hersh, concentration camp survivor and writer (born 1928)
• Kristin Hersh, American singer-songwriter (born 1966)
• Mayer Hersh, Polish concentration camp survivor (1926–2016)
• Patricia Hersh, American mathematician (born 1973)
• Peter Hersh, American ophthalmologist
• Reuben Hersh, American mathematician (1927–2020)
• Seymour Hersh, American journalist (born 1937)

See also

• All pages with titles containing Hersh
• Hersch, Hersh, Herschel, Hirsch, Hirche, Tsvi-Hirsh, Zebi Hirsch

• Hertz (name)
• Herzl

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