Reuben Brainin

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Ruben Brainin, Reuben Brainin, or Reuven Brainin (1882 - 1939) was a Jewish publicist and biographer.

He was born in Russia in the last half of the 19th century; moved to Berlin by 1902. At different times Brainin contributed to "Ha-Meliẓ," "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); and Max Nordau (v. 247).

[edit] Bibliography of Jewish Encyclopedia

• Lippe, Bibliographisches Lexicon, s.v.;
• M. Schwab, Répertoire, part i, s.v.

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain. ([1])

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