YITSKHOK
(ISAAC) UNTERMAN (October 15, 1889-mid-May 1984)
Born in Warsaw into a Hassidic family. Until age sixteen, he studied in yeshivas in
Lithuania. He obtained rabbinic
ordination and joined a Russian-Jewish teaching seminary in Vilna. In 1904 he first published poetry in a
hectographically produced journal, Yugnt (Youth) in Vilna. He published sketches in: Der veg (The
way), Undzer lebn (Our life), and Moment (Moment) in Warsaw. In 1911 he emigrated to the United
States. He contributed to Dos yidishe
folk (The Jewish people) in New York, in which he published translations
from Hebrew and German; also in Yidisher kurier (Jewish courier) in
Chicago; Keneder odler (Canada eagle) and Toronter zhurnal
(Toronto journal) in Canada; and he co-edited work for Di yidishe velt
(The Jewish world) in Philadelphia. He
also published there novels: Moyshe rebeynu (Our R. Moses) and Di
muter rokhl (Mother Rachel). He
edited the weekly Yidishe nayes (Jewish news) in Philadelphia, Morgnshtern
(Morningstar) in Newark, and Der stern (The star) in Paterson. Among his books: Yidishe un algemayne
dertsiung (Jewish and general education) (Chicago, 1916), 115 pp.; Fun
di shkhite-shtet (From the cities of slaughter) (Jersey City, 1925), 160
pp.; Nuarker yidn (Newark Jews) (Newark, 1934), 144 pp.; Unzere
yamim-toyvim (Our holidays) (Philadelphia, 1936), second printing (Buenos
Aires, 1947); Di yidishe neviim (The Jewish prophets) (Philadelphia,
1938); Rashi, zayn lebn, shafung un oyftu (Rashi, his life, works, and
accomplishments) (Philadelphia, 1940), 63 pp.; Lekoved yontef (In honor
of the holiday) (New York, 1946), 152 pp.; Dray
yubilarn, grafishe portretn un kharakter-skitsn (Three jubilees, graphic
portraits and character skits) (Miami Beach, 1956), 48 pp. He was also the author of a number of works
in English. He had a both a Ph.D. and a
J.D. degree. He lived in Miami, Florida,
which is where he died.
Sources:
P. Viernik, in Morgn-zhurnal (New York) (November 8, 1931); M.
Shtarkman, in Yorbukh (Annual) (New York, 1943)
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