Solomon Salkind

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

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

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. ^ a b 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.