Jascha

[ yah-shuh ]

noun

1. a male given name, Russian form of Jacob or James.

Example Sentences

“Most of the seismicity in Morocco is related to movement on the boundary between the African and Eurasian plate, and therefore the highest level of seismic hazard was thought to exist in the north of the country,” says Jascha Polet, a seismologist and professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University Pomona.

From National Geographic

Chaplin was sharing a table with Russian aristocrats and violinist Jascha Heifetz and saw Julian and his buddies kick over a lamp and generally behave like ruffians.

From Los Angeles Times

Nothing seemed amiss when a car dropped Jascha Heifetz back at the King David Hotel on April 16, 1953, after a recital at Edison Hall in Jerusalem.

From New York Times

Seventy years later, the man who attacked Jascha Heifetz has not been identified.

From New York Times

“I said to Jascha, ‘What has happened to your hand?’

From New York Times