# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shakhne-epstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:12.231Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shakhne-epstein"
name: "Shakhne Epstein"
slug: "shakhne-epstein"
description: "Shakne Epshtein was a Belarusian Jewish journalist, active in the United States and Soviet Union, who served as secretary and editor of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC)'s newspaper, Eynikayt (Unity). Solomon Mikhoels, the chairman of JAC, and Epshtein approached Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet foreign minister, with an idea to establish a Jewish autonomy in Crimea. The proposal was rejected."
tagline: "Soviet journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_-_%D0%90._%D0%91._(%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE)_%D0%AD%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1883"
deathDate: "1945-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345465333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE"
    title: "Эпштейн, Шахно"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "شاخن اپستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%AD%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Шахно Эпштэйн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schachno_Epstein"
    title: "Schachno Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakne_Epshtein"
    title: "Shakne Epshtein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakhno_Epstein"
    title: "Chakhno Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%90_%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "שכנא אפשטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2947743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump