Israel Medres

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

Israel Medres
Born	1894 (1894) Lekhovich, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	6 August 1964(1964-08-06) (aged 69–70) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting place	Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal[1]
Pen name	Ben Mordecai[1]
Language	Yiddish
Relatives	Vivian Felsen (granddaughter)[2]

Biography

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

• Montreal fun nekhtn [Montreal of Yesterday] (in Yiddish). 1947.
• Tsvishn tsvey velt milkhomes [Between Two World Wars] (in Yiddish). 1964.