Marinoff was born on 3 December 1869 in Odesa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine),[1] where he received a traditional Jewish education.
[1] Marinoff was part of the early fundraising efforts of the Jewish Consumptives' 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.
"[4] In 1909, Marinoff co-founded the Yiddish satirical weekly The Big Stick with Joseph Tunkel.
[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.