Levin-Shatskes (Lewin-Schatzkes) Isaak (born 1892, Dvinsk — died 1963) — writer and public figure.

In 1914 Isaak Levin-Shatskes completed his education in Vitebsk. From 1915 to 1919 he served in the Russian Army, and after German captivity spent some time in the Red Army.

An activist of the Bund from 1912, he became a well-known municipal politician in Daugavpils during the 1920s. He was a member of the Daugavpils Committee of the Bund, a councillor in the city administration, secretary of the Jewish Communal Committee, and chairman of the Latgale trade unions’ association.

From 1913 Isaak Levin-Shatskes edited and contributed to numerous periodicals in Russian and Yiddish, including Latgales Mysl (Dvinsk), Dvinskoye Ekho (Dvinsk), Dos Folk (Riga), Frimorgn (Riga), Unzer Vort (Riga), Naye Tsayt (Riga), Folks-Tsaytung (Warsaw), Der Veker (New York), Tsukunft (New York), Gerechtkayt (New York), Der Fraynt (New York), Kultur un Dertsiung (New York).

He was a friend and close associate of the well-known politician and member of the Saeima, Noy Maizel. After the May 1934 coup he was interned in the Liepāja camp; after his release in 1936 he emigrated to the United States.

Beginning in 1938 Isaak Levin-Shatskes served as secretary of the Jewish Socialist Federation of the USA and as editor of the newspaper Der Veker. He was also a member of the executive board of the Forverts association and of the World Jewish Congress.