Reuben Brainin
Reuben Brainin | |
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Born | March 16, 1862 Lyady, Belarus |
Died | November 30, 1939 New York City | (aged 77)
Genre | Literary criticism, biography |
Reuben ben Mordecai Brainin (Hebrew: ראובן בריינין, romanized: Reuven Brainin; March 16, 1862 – November 30, 1939) was a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic.
Biography
Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady, Belarus in 1862 to Mordechai Brainin, the son of Azriel Brainin [1] and had moved to Berlin by 1901.[2]
Brainin contributed to the periodicals Ha-Meliẓ, Ha-Toren, Ha-Ẓefirah, Ha-Maggid, and Ha-Shiloaḥ. In 1895 he issued a periodical under the title "Mi-Mizraḥ u-Mi-Ma-arav" (From East and West), of which only four numbers appeared.
Brainin was the author of several pamphlets, the most important of which were his sketch of Pereẓ Smolenskin's life and works (Warsaw, 1896); and a translation of M. Lazarus' essay on Jeremiah (Warsaw, 1897). He also wrote about one hundred biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers. He was the first biographer of Theodor Herzl[3] He died in New York City.
Published works
To "Aḥiasaf" Brainin contributed the following articles:
- "Ilane Sraḳ" (Barren Trees) (i. 32)
- "Bar Ḥalafta" (ii. 71)
- "Dappim Meḳuṭṭa'im" (Loose Leaves) (v. 120).
He also contributed to the same periodical the following biographical sketches:
- Moritz Lazarus (iv. 214)
- Rabbi Moritz Güdemann (iv. 219)
- Theodor Herzl (v. 222)
- Israel Zangwill (v. 233)
- Max Nordau (v. 247)
References
- ^ Ha-Zfira, March 2, 1895
- ^ Hirschfelder, M. (November 1901). "Zwei neue Lilien'sche Ex-libris". Ost und West. 1 (11): 823. Retrieved January 19, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Re'uven Brainin
Further reading
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herman Rosenthal & I. George Dobsevage (1901–1906). "BRAININ, RUBEN". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Chaim David Lippe, Bibliographisches Lexicon s.v.;
- Moïse Schwab, Répertoire des Articles d'Histoire et de Littérature Juive, part i, s.v.
- Simon Rawidowicz, BRAININ, RUBEN, Jüdisches Lexikon, Berlin 1927, vol. 1, col. 1134-1135
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