Israel Jonah Medres (; 1894 â August 6, 1964) was a Canadian Yiddish journalist and writer.
Israel Medres was born in Lekhovich, Russian Empire, in 1894. He studied for three years at the yeshiva of Lida. At the age of 16 he immigrated to Canada, where he joined the staff of the Keneder Adler in 1922.