Heifetz

[ hahy-fits ]

noun

1. Ja·scha [yah, -sh, uh], 1901–1987, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.

Heifetz

/ ˈhaɪfɪts /

noun

1. HeifetzJascha19011987MUSRussianMUSIC: violinist Jascha (ˈjæʃə). 1901–87, US violinist, born in Russia

Example Sentences

As the management guru Ronald Heifetz put it brilliantly: “What people resist is not change per se, but loss.”

From Slate

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

But he reserves his most passionate writing for music, “a world you can live inside. … When you’re young and you’re the hero of a movie, and the Heifetz you play in your car or the Velvet Underground you first try out sex to isn’t just background, it’s location and weather. You feel it on your skin.”

From Washington Post

Giveaway: This event included the book club’s first book giveaway, made possible with a donation from the estate of Octavia E. Butler and literary agent Merrilee Heifetz.

From Los Angeles Times

But before he could enter, the doorman rushed up to him, speaking Hebrew words Heifetz couldn’t understand.

From New York Times