Israel Medres

Israel Medres
Born1894 (1894)
Lekhovich, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died6 August 1964(1964-08-06) (aged 69–70)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting place
Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal
RelativesVivian Felsen (granddaughter)
Writing career
Pen nameBen Mordecai
LanguageYiddish

Israel Jonah Medres (Yiddish: ישראל יונה מדרש; 1894 – August 6, 1964) was a Canadian Yiddish journalist and writer.

Biography

Israel Medres was born in Lekhovich, Russian Empire, in 1894. He studied for three years at the yeshiva of Lida. At the age of 16 he immigrated to Canada, where he joined the staff of the Keneder Adler in 1922.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kucharsky, Danny (2007). Sacred Ground on de la Savane: Montreal's Baron de Hirsch Cemetery. Montreal: Véhicule Press. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-1-55065-196-6.
  2. ↑ "Contributors". Kanade, di Goldene Medine?: Perspectives on Canadian-Jewish Literature and Culture / Perspectives sur la littérature et la culture juives canadiennes. Brill. 2018. pp. XI–XII. ISBN 978-90-04-37941-1.
  3. ↑ "Israel Medres, Noted Canadian Jewish Journalist, Dies in Montreal". Daily News Bulletin. Vol. 31, no. 154. New York: Jewish Telegraphic Agency. August 6, 1964. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Felsen, Vivian (2007). "Medres, Israel Jonah". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  5. ↑ Margolis, R. (2011). Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil: Yiddish Cultural Life in Montreal, 1905–1945. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7735-3812-2.
  6. ↑ Felsen, Vivian (2007). "Translating Israel Medres". In Anctil, Pierre; Ravvin, Norman; Simon, Sherry (eds.). Traduire le Montreal Yiddish/New Readings of Yiddish Montreal. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. pp. 110–115. ISBN 9782760316638. JSTOR j.ctt1ckpcr4.