In 1841, together with Mordecai Aaron Günzburg, Salkind founded the first secular Jewish school in Lithuania.
[2] In 1847, he was appointed lecturer at the newly established Vilna Rabbinical Seminary, where he remained until his death.
[4][5] Many of Salkind's Hebrew speeches were published in the Ḳovetz Derushim (Vilna, 1864), a collection of addresses by teachers of the Seminary, published with the support of the Russian government.
[6] He also published numerous articles in Pirḥe tsafon, Hakarmel and Hamagid.
[3] According to some accounts, Salkind's son was Isaac Edward Salkinson, who converted to Protestantism and became a missionary to the Jews.