- Reuben Brainin
Reuben Brainin, Ruben Brainin, or Reuven Brainin (1882 - 1939) was a
Jew ish publicist and biographer.He was born in
Russia in the last half of the 19th century and had moved toBerlin by 1902. At different times Brainin contributed to theperiodical s "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-arab" (From East and West), of which only four numbers appeared.Brainin is the author of several pamphlets, the most important of which are his sketch of
Pereẓ Smolenskin 's life and works, Warsaw, 1896; and a translation of M. Lazarus' essay on Jeremiah, Warsaw, 1897. He has also written about one hundred biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers.To "Aḥiasaf" Brainin has contributed the following articles: "Ilane Sraḳ" (Barren Trees) (i. 32); "Bar Ḥalafta" (ii. 71); "Dappim Meḳuṭṭa'im" (Loose Leaves) (v. 120). He has also contributed to the same periodical the following biographical sketches:
Moritz Lazarus (iv. 214);M. Güdemann (iv. 219);Theodor Herzl (v. 222);Israel Zangwill (v. 233); andMax Nordau (v. 247).Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
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Chaim David Lippe , "Bibliographisches Lexicon" s.v.;
*Moïse Schwab , "Répertoire des Articles d'Histoire et de Littérature Juive", part i, s.v.:JewishEncyclopedia [ [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1388&letter=B JewishEncyclopedia.com - BRAININ, RUBEN: ] at www.jewishencyclopedia.com] ::By
Herman Rosenthal &I. George Dobsevage ::
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