Shakne Epshtein

{{short description|Soviet journalist}}

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File:Jewish-Federation-1917.jpg (Tsivion), Max Goldfarb, Morris Winchevsky, A. Litvak, Hannah Salutsky, Moishe Terman.
Standing: Shauchno Epstein, Frank Rozenblat, Baruch Charney Vladeck, Moissaye Olgin, Jacob Salutsky (J.B.S. Hardman).]]

Shakne Epshtein (1883 in Iwye – 27 July 1945) was a Soviet journalist and the secretary and editor of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC)'s newspaper, Eynikayt (Unity). {{Cite web |date=2015-03-20 |title=Jewish Notables of Soviet Union Pay Tribute to Shachno Epstein; Editor Was 64 |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/jewish-notables-of-soviet-union-pay-tribute-to-shachno-epstein-editor-was-64 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}Solomon Mikhoels, the chairman of JAC and Epshtein approached Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet foreign minister, with an idea to establish Jewish autonomy in Crimea. Both ideas were rejected. Epshtein died in 1945.