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Abraham S. Yahuda was a famous polymath, linguist, writer, teacher, and rare document collector. His research interests included Judeo-Arabic relations, religion, and antiquities. He taught in Berlin from 1905 to 1914, in Madrid from 1915 to 1922. He eventually immagrated to the US to teach at the New School for Social Research in New York.

Jakob Klatzkin was a Jewish philosopher, publicist, author, and publisher.

Margarita Konenkova was the wife of Sergey Konenkov, a Russian and Soviet sculptor. She and Einstein allegedly had an affair that began after Elsa Einstein's death in 1936. There is speculation as to whether or not she was collecting intelligence for the Soviet government.

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Albert Einstein with Margarita Konenkova (far left), Ethel Yahuda (center), Abraham Yahuda (second from right) and Jakob Klatzkin (far right) in Saranac Lake, New York; August 10, 1941, Leo Baeck Institute, F 5333Q.