Shaye Shkarovsky Explained

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)

Notes and References

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