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Shaye Shkarovsky (1891–1945) was a Yiddish author who lived in the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Vidervuks (New Growth) group in and around Kiev.^[1]^[2]

Shkarovsky was born in Bila Tserkva. His father, Isaac, was a cheder teacher and social activist. Shaye regularly donated to Zionist groups.^[3] In 1942 he was evacuated to Ufa during World War II, but was nonetheless killed during the war.^[4]

Journalism

Shkarovsky began working in journalism as an 18-year-old, contributing to the Kiev Russian Press and in 1910 in the Kiev Weekly journal, where he wrote 24 articles about Jewish literature. In 1915 he began working for a newspaper in Odessa, and in 1921 he edited a weekly Communist paper, transforming it to a daily paper. He reported from the border with Romania and covered the pogroms that swept across Ukraine, continuing to be an activism journalist well into the 1920s and 1930s.^[5]

Books

Shkarovsky published several Yiddish books:

Der Arshter May (Odessa, 1921)
Ragas (Kiev, 1922)
Kayor (Moscow, 1928)
Kolvirt (Kiev, 1931)
In Shniṭ Fun Tsayṭ (Kiev, 1932)
Meron (Kharkov, 1934)
Odes (Kiev, 1938)
Nakhes fun Kinder (Kiev, 1938)

References

^ Gennady Estraikh, "The New Growth" in In Harness: Yiddish Writers' Romance with Communism
^ "Russian Jewish Encyclopedia".
^ He is regularly listed as a contributor to the Zionist Movement in theHaMelitz newspaper, between 1900–1903.
^ "Yad Vashem Names Database". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Lexicon by Zalman Reizan".