interesting note about his Yiddish first name:

Pintel (or Pintil) is historically a rare Yiddish and Ashkenazi given name or a diminutive nickname derived from the German word Punkt (meaning "dot" or "point"). It is closely related to the famous Yiddish cultural idiom [pintele yid], which translates to "the little point" or the essential spark of a Jewish identity.

E. Ganin July 2026