Talk:Israel Epstein

Original language

The article has the Song Qingling biography as translated into English, but I happen to know that the biography was translated from English into Chinese by Shen Suru (沈苏儒), and I believe that his name appears on the cover of the Chinese edition as the translator. I don't know what to do about this, or if it matters. — Pekinensis 20:17, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Refugees

Would somebody kindly tell me for what reason Epstein`s family should have fled from the approaching German Army during World War ONE ?

Quote: "During the first two years of World War I, most Israelites all over the planet kept their fingers crossed for Imperial Germany, while the German forces who invaded the (formerly Polish) western part of Czarist Russia were orded to keep the Slavian mob from violently trespassing against the local Jewish population. When German troops captured Polish or Baltic cities from the Russians in World War One they were frequently hailed as liberators by the local Jews. That`s why twenty-five years later so many Polish and Soviet Jews initially refused to believe rumours about anti-Jewish atrocities and didn`t escape from the rapidly advancing Nazi war machine when German forces returned to Poland in World War II. In the Austo-Hungarian Empire the German-speaking elites among Slavian populations were mostly Jewish. Franz Kafka for instance occasionally related to himself as a German, as did Nathanael West`s father wo originated from Wolhynia, as did many Jewish intellectuals from the Austro-Hungarian city of Cernowitz" 172.181.98.188 01:01, 20 February 2006

Weird, agrammatical "quote" without a source ... —Babelfisch 01:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Chinese name

Could we get the pinyin for his Chinese name included here? LordAmeth 10:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Voilà. —Babelfisch 06:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. That's interesting, that his Chinese name would be a pronunciation approximation, instead of a new name entirely. Take, for example, William Adams, who became Miura Anjin in Japan, and not Uiriamu Adamuzu or something. Just interesting, that's all. Thanks again. LordAmeth 10:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

American?

He is placed in the 'Jewish-American journalist' category. Presumably that category is for American citizens. Was Epstein ever an American citizen? Thanks Hmains 03:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

no i don't think so Kakarottosama (talk) 06:18, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

it was 20 years ago I dont think they are alive ~2026-28480-59 (talk) 18:11, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

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Fact check about Imprisonment

The article mentioned that he was inprisoned during the cultural revolution But I haven't found historical document, only found news reported that on the Internet. Can anyone find a reliable source? Yuhan2680 (talk) 01:46, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

It can be found in his memoir "见证中国 爱泼斯坦回忆录", which has a whole chapter named "Years in Prison" (狱中岁月), as well as multiple other publications. 源義信 (talk) 07:29, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Chinese name

Israel Epstein has another Chinese name "艾培" (ài péi) which came from his nickname "Eppie". See: “最美奋斗者”伊斯雷尔•爱泼斯坦：见证中国 源義信 (talk) 07:22, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

edit permissions

this page is constantly vandalized please change the edit permissions so people who keep having to repair the vandalism don't have to do it anymore H5adlel (talk) 16:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Bro is named Israel Epstein lmao. Of course his page is gonna get vandalized. Lock that puppy up! ~2026-11517-65 (talk) 19:16, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

I suggest extended conffirmed perms, autoconfirmed users can put EFN, or Big Yahu related jokes too. The Khan of the universe and the Hoofed animals (Please don't click this) 15:25, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

I agree, same reason Nugs | T·C | (they/she) 05:19, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

ok nugget Nerd-in-history (talk) 19:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

chicken nugget Nugs | T·C | (they/she) 23:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

same thing Nerd-in-history (talk) 19:12, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

this guy is banned what Nugs | T·C | (they/she) 23:07, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 May 2026

add word similar to "at the age of 90" after "Epstein died in Beijing on 26 May 2005." JustACoolFox (talk) 01:20, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: This doesn't seem necessary. His age at death is already provided in the infobox. Day Creature (talk) 06:03, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Need for a template at the top?

Instead of continuing cycles of adding/reverting, it is worth discussing whether a Template:For (or similar template) is needed at the top of the article to distinguish it from alleged connections between Jeffrey Epstein and intelligence agencies. Amigao (talk) 03:04, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

My perspective is that it’s clutter or a strange WP:COAT style effort to promote the contemporary political page. No one could actually confuse this biography article with that one. JArthur1984 (talk) 03:30, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Not a reasonable mistake in my opinion. If the goal is to have readers looking for Alleged connections between Jeffrey Epstein and intelligence agencies#Israel able to find the article by searching up "Israel Epstein", then the solution is to create a redirect. Yue🌙 (talk) 08:16, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Seeing your helpful comment, I made a redirect for Israel and Epstein, with the hope that this would satisfy any legitimate concerns of the hatnote proponents. JArthur1984 (talk) 16:44, 14 June 2026 (UTC)