Israel Medres

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Israel Medres
Born1894 (1894)
Died6 August 1964(1964-08-06) (aged 69–70)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting placeBaron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal[1]
Pen nameBen Mordecai[1]
LanguageYiddish
RelativesVivian Felsen (granddaughter)[2]

Israel Jonah Medres (Yiddish: ישראל יונה מדרש; 1894 – August 6, 1964)[3] was a Canadian Yiddish journalist and writer.

Biography

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Israel Medres was born in Lekhovich, Russian Empire, in 1894. He studied for three years at the yeshiva of Lida.[4][1] At the age of 16 he immigrated to Canada,[5] where he joined the staff of the Keneder Adler in 1922.[6]

Publications

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