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Reuven Brainin (1862-1939), Hebrew author, critic, biographer, short-story writer, and feuilletonist was born in Lyady, Belarus, and died in New York. Brainin received a traditional Jewish education in 1892, and later settled in Vienna, where he published the Hebrew magazine called East and West, which set out to bridge the gap between European literature and Hebrew literature. Brainin's main interest was the Haskala and Hebrew literature in the context of general literature. Brainin published articles and sketches on contemporary Hebrew writers and artists. He also wrote extensively in Yiddish, published two newspapers in Yiddish, and contributed many articles to the Jewish-Russian press. In 1896 he moved to Berlin, and in 1910 to America. His later support for the autonomous Jewish region of Birobidzhan in the Soviet Union, distanced him from the world of writers and let to Brainin’s total break with the Hebraist–Zionist literary world --

Reference Code
P8
Dates
1897-1938
Consists of
94 files..
Languages
Hebrew; German; Yiddish; Russian; English;
Description
This collection contains diaries and notebooks, mainly from Brainin's travels to Europe, Russia and Israel and from several Zionist congresses in which he participated. The diaries also contain various biographical descriptions of personalities, Jewish activists and intellectuals for biographies he planned to write.
Title Brainin, Ruben.
Additional Titles Mizrah Uma'arav (Jerusalem, Israel)
Notes See CAHJP Libr. 8136 for a copy of the index to Brainin's letters held at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal
Host Item Brainin, Ruben - Private Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Reuven Brainin (1862-1939), Hebrew author, critic, biographer, short-story writer, and feuilletonist was born in Lyady (Mohilev province), Belarus, and died in New York. Brainin received a traditional Jewish education in 1892, and first intensely followed the route of traditional text study. At age 17, however, he was profoundly influenced by Haskalah topics. He settled in Vienna, where he published the Hebrew magazine called East and West, which set out to bridge the gap between European literature and Hebrew literature. Brainin's main interest was Hebrew literature in the context of general literature. Brainin published articles and sketches on contemporary Hebrew writers and artists. He also wrote extensively in Yiddish, published two newspapers in Yiddish, and contributed many articles to the Jewish-Russian press. In 1896 he moved to Berlin, and in 1910 to America. His later support for the autonomous Jewish region of Birobidzhan in the Soviet Union, distanced him from the world of writers and led to Brainin’s total break with the Hebraist–Zionist literary world.
Ownership history Brainin's papers were deposited at the CAHJP in 1957.
Language Note Predominantly in Hebrew and Yiddish
National Library system number 990043211670205171
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