His grandfather was Shlomo Zalman Zoref, one of a group of 500 disciples of the Vilna Gaon who left their native Lithuania and made aliyah (emigrated to the Land of Israel) between 1808 and 1813.

[1] While they were in Germany collecting funds for the Old Yishuv, Saloman and his friend Michal HaCohen learned the art of printing in Königsberg in Prussia.

[5] After the Ottoman authorities shut it down after only 12 issues, Bril moved the paper's operations to Paris, from where he published it for another 14 years.

[7] Salomon's father had represented the local Jewish community during negotiations between Moses Montefiore and the Ottoman authorities.

They initially looked at lands in Achor, but the group was thwarted by brigands in the employ of the halukka (charity distribution) leaders, who were suspicious of Salomon's motives.

[9] Salomon's group soon turned its attention to the lands of Mullabis, an Arab town near the swampy Yarkon River basin, which it purchased at a bargain.

Salomon and Yaakov Meir were dispatched to Jaffa on behalf of Jerusalem's Old Yishuv leadership in order to try and mediate between the parties, but they were unsuccessful.

While the latter made efforts to unite the various factions, ultimately he was perceived to be operating under direct influence of the Old Yishuv rabbis in Jerusalem.

[2] In 1970, Arik Einstein recorded a song written by Yoram Taharlev called The Ballad of Yoel Moshe Salomon.

The song, which paints a picture of Salomon as principal founder of Petah Tikva, stirred up controversy in 2008, the 130th anniversary of the city's founding.

Yosef Lang [he] contended that while various competing narratives existed surrounding Petah Tikva's founding, it was Salomon's descendants' version, first advanced in 1929 during the city's jubilee celebration, that really took hold.