Solomon Silberstein

Solomon Joseph Silberstein (שלום יוסף זילבערשטיין; March 10, 1845 – January 21, 1919) was a Russian–American philosophical writer and poet.

Silberstein was born in Slobodka, Russian Empire, to Zibhya (Sandler) and Rabbi Aaron Silberstein. He was the grandson of the Kabbalist Naphtali Herz Ritever. 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.