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Yitzhak Epstein (1861-1943)

An educator and linguist. Born in Russia, trained in agriculture with experts from the Rothschild family and immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1885 to serve as a guide in the settlements. He was a teacher in Rosh Pina, ran a school in Saloniki, Greece, and the Levinsky Seminar in Tel Aviv. He taught Hebrew in Hebrew, advocating for the Eastern pronunciation (pronunciation of Hebrew words) in spoken language, which indeed pushed aside the Ashkenazi pronunciation. He wrote extensively on education and linguistics, gaining fame with an article he wrote in 1907, “A Hidden Question,” in which he addressed the Arabic issue. He was one of the founders of the “Brit Shalom” movement. His older brother was the writer Shlomo HaAlkoshi

-Courtesy of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. Author of the street guide: Yehiam Pedan.-