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(Jt) Schmerler, E. ; Gotthard Deutsche; Reuben Brainin : HAYE GRETS : KOLEL TOLDOT HA-HISTORYON HA-GADOL HEINRIKH GRETS, U-FE`ULOTOV BE-MIKTSO`A HA-BEUR VE-TOLDOT `AM YISRAEL

New York : Bloch., 1921.

(FT) 8vo. Xvii, 160 pages. Frontispiece portrait. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish historians - Germany - bibliography; Graetz, Heinrich, 1817-1891. Deutsch (1859-1921) was born in Moravia and studied at Breslau Jewish Theological Seminary and Vienna University. In 1891 he left Europe for Hebrew Union College. In the United States, he became an advocate of Reform Judaism, but was a moderate and "was known for his sympathies toward Orthodoxy. "(EJ) Brainin (1862-1939) was a Belorussian-born writer. In 1892 he moved to Vienna and published an "influential but short-lived" periodical that "intended to bridge the gap between European and Hebrew literature. " This theme, along with outseanding biographies, are the building blocks of Brainin's work. In 1909 he moved to North America, editing and writing for Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals in the U. S. And Canada. (Silberschlag, EJ) Ex library, light water stains throughout, otherwise good condition. (HebLit-2-8)

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