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Hirsch

American  
[hursh] / hɜrʃ /

noun

  1. John Stephen, 1930–1989, Canadian stage director, born in Hungary.


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“It was like old home week,” said Shana Hirsch, an English instructor at a community college in the southeastern part of the state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Labeled the “January Barometer” by famed academic Yale Hirsch, creator of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, the idea of extrapolating first- month returns over the calendar year has proven to be a winner.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

“It’s an early warning indicator for us to start looking at other things,” Hirsch told MarketWatch in an interview.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 4, 2026

The level of command with which Jackson and Hirsch shape this piece indicates that the audience shouldn’t expect otherwise.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2022

Every shade of Zionist thought was represented in Hirsch College, from the Revisionists, who supported the Irgun, to the Neturai Karta, the Guardians of the City, the city being Jerusalem.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok