SHIYE (JOSHUA) GERSHMAN (June 5, 1903-1988)
He was born in Sokolov (Sokoliv),
Ukraine. He studied in a Jewish public
school. In 1921 he emigrated to Canada,
living in Winnipeg and later in Toronto.
He was active in the leftist Jewish movement. He began writing for Frayhayt (Freedom) in New York.
From 1936 he contributed political and literary articles to: Der kamf (The struggle) and Der veg (The way) in Toronto; Hamer (Hammer), Yidishe kultur (Jewish culture), and Morgn frayhayt (Morning freedom) in New York, among others. From 1940 he edited Vokhnblat (Weekly newspaper) in Toronto. His used the pen name “Ishika.” He died in Toronto.
Source:
Kh. L. Fuks, Hundert yor yidishe un hebreishe literatur
in kanade (A century of Yiddish and Hebrew literature in Canada) (Montreal,
1980).
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), col. 167.
Joshua Gershman is my maternal uncle. I do my pedigree. I would be very grateful to receive information about his parents, grandfather, grandmother, uncles, aunts. I am interested in their names and surnames, their place of residence, occupation.
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