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**Yankev-Meyer Zalkind** (1875 - 1937) was a [Jewish Orthodox
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rabbi](Judaism "wikilink"), an
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[anarcho-communist](Anarcho-Communism "wikilink") and a close friend of
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[Rudolf Rocker](Rudolf_Rocker "wikilink").
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## Life
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Yankev was born in the Russian Empire to a family of famous merchants
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and rabbis. He was a highly successful [student](student "wikilink") and
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went on to study [linguistics](Language "wikilink") and philosophy in
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Germany, France and Switzerland and became able to speak over 20
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languages.\[1\]
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After graduating, Yank left for Britain and served as rabbi of Cardiff,
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Wales and was an active [Zionist](Zionism "wikilink"). In 1913 he formed
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a London Estate and began buying land in Israel with the hopes of
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setting up Jewish communities in the area.\[2\]
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During World War I he underwent a spiritual transformation and began to
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advocate for [anarchism](anarchism "wikilink"). In 1916 he left Israel
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in order to go to London as a [peace
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campaigner](Anti-War_Movement "wikilink"). He befriended [Rudolf
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Rocker](Rudolf_Rocker "wikilink") in this time and began to advocate for
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the creation of an [anarchist
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society](List_of_Libertarian_Socialist_Societies "wikilink") in the
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Levant which could shelter the world's refugees.\[3\]
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He also became a prominent hebrew-[language](language "wikilink")
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writer, writing Jewish childrens books and attempted to translate the
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Talmud into Yiddish.\[4\] He also argued rigorously that the logical
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conclusion of the teachers of the Talmud was anarchism.\[5\] He moved
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back to Israel in 1933 and died in Haifa in 1937.\[6\]
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") -
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankev-Meyer_Zalkind>
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2. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") (Hebrew) -
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<https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%96%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93>
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