Shakne Epshtein (1883 in

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– 27 July 1945) was a Soviet journalist and the secretary and editor of the

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( JAC)'s newspaper, ''Eynikayt'' (Unity).

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, the chairman of JAC and Epshtein approached

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, the Soviet foreign minister, with an idea to establish

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. Both ideas were rejected. Epshtein died in 1945.

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