Vaynshtat, Yitskhok
1853–1921
He was born in Bialystok to observant parents. He studied in religious elementary school and in a high school. He was a teacher in the Bialystok Gnesin School. He devoted himself to translating and adapting children’s literature for Jewish schools.
He reworked Baynakht (Nighttime [original: Nochꞌiu]) by Vladimir Korolenko, edited by P. Kaplan (Bialystok: Dos Bukh, 1921), 53 pp.; Di Erd (The Earth [original: Zemlia]) by V. Lunkevich (Bialystok: Dos Bukh, 1921), 47 pp.; Di Binen-Malke (The Queen Bee [original: Bidronningen]) by Carl Ewald (Bialystok: Kultur-Lige, 1920), 32 pp.; Der Heysherik (The Locust) by Carl Ewald (Bialystok: Kultur-Lige, 1920), 58 pp.; Der Regn-Vorem un der Botshan (The Earthworm and the Stork) by Carl Ewald (Bialystok: Kultur-Lige, 1920), 38 pp.
Source: Byalistoker Leksikon (Bialystok Handbook) (Bialystok, 1935).