YITSKHOK (YITSḤAK) YERUSHALMI

YITSKHOK (YITSḤAK) YERUSHALMI (b. February 1907)

            He was born in Konstantin (Konstantynów), Poland.  He studied in religious primary school, yeshiva, and later in a secular high school.  From 1934 he was living in the land of Israel.  He was a member of the Hagana.  From 1930 he was contributing poetry to: Nayer folksblat (New people’s newspaper) and Lodzer tageblat (Lodz daily newspaper) in Lodz; Der veg (The way) in Mexico City; Keneder odler (Canadian eagle) in Montreal; and Letste nayes (Latest news) and Yidishe tsaytung (Jewish newspaper) in Tel Aviv.  A number of his poems with his own musical compositions were sung as songs: Exodus, Israel, and Jerusalem, among others.  He also wrote under the pen name of Yeroz.  His books include: Mayn rekhoyves (My Rehovot) (Tel Aviv, 1969), 60 pp.; Zeks milyon—zeks teg, lider zamlung (Six million, six days, poetry collection) (Tel Aviv, 1970), 101 pp.

Sources: Khayim Leyb Fuks, Lodzh shel mayle, dos yidishe gaystike un derhoybene lodzh (Lodz on high, the Jewish spiritual and elevated Lodz) (Tel Aviv, 1972), p. 123; Ts. Shtok, in Bnei yidish (New York) (Nisan-Iyar [= April-May], 1973).

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 307.