Reuben Brainin


Reuben Brainin, Reuven Brainin, or Ruben ben Mordecai Brainin was a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic.

Biography

Reuben Brainin was born in Ljady :ru:Ляды | in 1862 to Mordechai Brainin the son of Azriel Brainin and had moved to Berlin by 1901.
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", 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 ; and a translation of M. Lazarus' essay on Jeremiah. He also wrote about one hundred biographical sketches of modern Jewish scholars and writers. He was the first biographer of Theodor Herzl
He died in New York City.

Published works

To "Aḥiasaf" Brainin contributed the following articles:
He also contributed to the same periodical the following biographical sketches: