Solomon Salkind

Solomon Salkind (Hebrew: שלמה זלמן בן־יהושע זאלקינד; c. 1802 – March 14, 1868) was a Lithuanian Hebrew poet and educator.

Solomon Salkind
Bornc. 1802
Vilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire[1]
Died(1868-03-14)March 14, 1868
Vilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
OccupationPoet, educator
LanguageHebrew
Literary movementHaskalah

In 1841, together with Mordecai Aaron Günzburg, Salkind founded the first secular Jewish school in Lithuania.[2] In 1847, he was appointed lecturer at the newly established Vilna Rabbinical Seminary, where he remained until his death.[3]

His literary contributions include the poetry collections Shirim li-Shelomoh (Vilna, 1842), containing poems adaptated from other languages, as well as Ḳol Shelomoh (Vilna, 1858) and Shema' Shelomoh (Vilna, 1866).[4][5] Many of Salkind's Hebrew speeches were published in the Ḳovetz Derushim (Vilna, 1864), a collection of addresses by teachers of the Seminary, published with the support of the Russian government.[6] He also published numerous articles in Pirḥe tsafon, Hakarmel and Hamagid.[3]

According to some accounts, Salkind's son was Isaac Edward Salkinson, who converted to Protestantism and became a missionary to the Jews.[7]

Publications
  • Shirim le-Shelomoh. Vilna: Romm. 1842.
  • Ḳol Shelomoh. Vilna: Romm. 1858.
  • Shema' Shelomoh. Vilna: Romm. 1866.

References
  1. Galron-Goldschläger, Joseph (ed.). "Shlomo Zalman Zalkind". Leksikon ha-sifrut ha-'ivrit ha-ḥadasha (in Hebrew). Ohio State University. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. Friedlander, Yehuda (2008). "Gintsburg, Mordekhai Aharon". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Hann, Rami. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  3. Wininger, Salomon (1931). "Salkind, Schelomo Salman b. Jehoschua". Große jüdische National-Biographie (in German). Vol. 5. Cernăuţi: Arta. p. 322.
  4. Katznelson, J. L.; Ginzburg, Baron D., eds. (1910). "Залкинд, Соломон" [Zalkind, Solomon]. Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron (in Russian). Vol. 7. St. Petersburg: Brockhaus & Efron. pp. 662–663.
  5. Zeitlin, William (1890). "Salkind, Salomon". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 328.
  6.  Singer, Isidore; Seligsohn, M. (1905). "Salkind, Solomon ben Baruch". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 651.
  7.  Singer, Isidore; Seligsohn, M. (1905). "Salkinson, Isaac Edward". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 651.
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