Jacob Marinoff

Jacob Marinoff (; 3 December 1869 – 27 October 1964) was a Russian-born American Yiddish publisher and author. He was one of the founders of New York satirical weekly Der Groyser Kundes ("The Big Stick"). He published three volumes of verse, and co-edited a satire collection.

Early life Marinoff was born on 3 December 1869 in Odessa in the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine), where he received a traditional Jewish education. He arrived in England in 1891, and immigrated to the United States two years later. 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.

Humor and poetry In 1909, Marinoff co-founded the Yiddish satirical weekly The Big Stick with Joseph Tunkel. He took over the magazine entirely after Tunkel moved to Warsaw, and continued to run it until the magazine folded in 1927. 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.