Hillel Solotaroff

Doctor and anarchist (1865–1921)

Hillel Solotaroff
Born	1865 (1865) Elizavetgrad, Russia
Died	April 1921 (aged 55–56) New York
Other names	Hilel Zolotarov
Occupation	Doctor

Hillel Solotaroff (1865–1921) was a doctor known for his leadership in the New York Jewish/Yiddish anarchist movement.^[1]^[2] Solotaroff emigrated from Elizabetgrad in 1882 and while he pursued medical school, wrote for anarchist publications and was an exceptionally popular speaker. He became a member of the Jewish anarchist group Pioneers of Liberty^[2] and introduced the anarchist duo Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman.^[3] Solotaroff continued writing through his life for various publications, writing a daily column for yiddish-language daily newspaper Der Tog (The Day).^[4] Later in his life, Solotaroff's views moved towards nationalism and Socialist Zionism.^[2]

References

^ Tshubinski, Borekh (1956). "Hillel Solotaroff". In Niger, Samuel; Shatzky, Jacob (eds.). Leḳsiḳon fun der nayer Yidisher liṭeraṭur (in Yiddish). New York: Alṿelṭlekhn Yidishn ḳulṭur-ḳongres. OCLC 4421599.
^ ^a ^b ^c Weinstein, Bernard; Wolfthal, Maurice (2018). "The Jewish Unions in America: Pages of History and Memories". The Jewish Unions in America. Pages of History and Memories (1 ed.). Open Book Publishers. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-78374-353-7. JSTOR j.ctv8j3sm.5.
^ Avrich, Paul; Avrich, Karen (2012). Sasha and Emma. Harvard University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-674-07034-9.
^ Paul Avrich (2005). Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America. AK Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-1-904859-27-7.