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Young, Lester Willis

(Encyclopedia) Young, Lester Willis, 1909–59, American jazz musician, b. Woodville, Miss. He played the tenor saxophone with various bands (1929–40), including those of Fletcher Henderson and Count…

Young, Michael Warren

(Encyclopedia) Young, Michael Warren, 1949–, American geneticist, b. Miami, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1975. Young has been on the faculty at Rockefeller Univ. since 1978, and he was also an…

Three Young Men

(Encyclopedia) Three Young Men, in the Book of Daniel, the three men cast by Nebuchadnezzar into the fiery furnace and delivered by an angel. Their names are Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in…

Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations

(Encyclopedia) Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations (YMHA, YWHA), organizations that promote health, social activities, recreation, acculturation of new Jewish Americans, and Jewish…

Young Women's Christian Association

(Encyclopedia) Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), organization whose stated mission is “to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism.” The movement is nondenominational. It grew out of…

YMHA

(Encyclopedia) YMHA: see Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations.

YWHA

(Encyclopedia) YWHA: see Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations.