Jascha

Jascha and Yascha are Yiddish or German language spellings of the East Slavic name Yasha, a diminutive of Yakov, or Jacob. Notable people with the name include:

• Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997), Russian-American violinist
• Jascha Franklin-Hodge (born 1979), American businessman
• Jascha Gopinko (1891–1980), Ukrainian-Australian violinist
• Jascha Heifetz, (1901–1987), Russian-American violinist
• Jascha Horenstein (1898–1973), American conductor
• Jascha Lieberman, Polish violinist
• Jascha Richter (born 1963), Danish-American singer and songwriter
• Jascha Silberstein (1934—2008), German-born American musician
• Jascha Spivakovsky (1896–1970), Russian-born Australian pianist
• Jascha Washington (born 1989), American actor
• Jascha Zayde (1911–1999), American pianist, composer and conductor

• Yascha Mounk (born 1982), German-American political scientist

See also

• All pages with titles containing Yascha
• Yasha
• Joscha