Solomon Silberstein
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BornMarch 10, 1845
Slobodka, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
Slobodka, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 21, 1919 (aged 73)
The Bronx, New York City, United States
The Bronx, New York City, United States
Solomon Silberstein | |
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| Born | March 10, 1845 Slobodka, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 21, 1919 (aged 73) The Bronx, New York City, United States |
| Language | English, Hebrew, Yiddish |
Solomon Joseph Silberstein (Yiddish: שלום יוסף זילבערשטיין, romanized: Sholem Yosef Zilbershteyn; March 10, 1845 – January 21, 1919) was a Russian–American philosophical writer and poet.[1]
Silberstein was born in Slobodka, Russian Empire, to Zibhya (née Sandler) and Rabbi Aaron Silberstein.[2] He was the grandson of the Kabbalist Naphtali Herz Ritever.[3] Educated privately, he received the rabbinical diploma in 1864, and officiated from 1867 to 1868 as rabbi at Dershunisok, in the government of Kovno. He emigrated to the United States in 1881 and settled in New York City.[3][4]
