Jacob Marinoff

Marinoff was born in Russia on 3 December 1869,[1] where he received a traditional Jewish education.[2] He arrived in England in 1891, and immigrated to the United States two years later.[1]

Marinoff was part of the early fundraising efforts of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS), which ran a tuberculosis sanatorium in Colorado.[3] While based in New York, he collected money from Jewish fraternal orders, unions, ladies' auxiliaries, and more. Marinoff was also involved in The Sanatorium, a journal from the JCRS Press and Propaganda Committee that included reports from the JCRS, medical advice, human interest stories, poetry, and literature.[3] One copy of The Sanatorium lists Marinoff as "Superintendent."[4]

Marinoff was one of the founders of Yiddish satirical weeklyThe Big Stick in 1909, along with Joseph Tunkel.[5] He took over the magazine entirely after Tunkel moved to Warsaw, and continued to run it until the magazine folded in 1927.[6]

Beyond The Big Stick, Marinoff was the editor of “Humor and Satire,” a three-volume collection published in 1912.[7] He wrote three volumes of poetry: “Shpil un Kamp” (“Play and Fight”) in 1938; and “Mir Veln Zayn” (“We Will Be”) and “Shtark un Munter” (“Strong and Courageous”) 1947.[7]

Marinoff's sister was actress Fania Marinoff, and his brother-in-law was Harlem Renaissance novelist Carl Van Vechten.[7] He died on 27 October 1964 at age 94 at Workmen's Circle Home for the Aged in the Bronx.[8][7]