Heinrich Brody (German), Bródy Henrik (Hungarian) or Haim Brody ( he, חיים בראדי) (21 May 1868 – 1942) was a Hungarian (after 1918

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n) rabbi. He was born in

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, in the

Ung County Ung County (in Latin: ''comitatus Unghvariensis''; Hungarian: ''Ung (vár)megye''; also in Slovak: ''Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica''; ro, Comitatul Ung) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its ...

of the

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(present-day

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). He was a descendant of Abraham Broda. Educated in the public schools of his native town and at the rabbinical colleges of

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and

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, Brody also studied at the Hildesheimer Theological Seminary and at the

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, being an enthusiastic scholar of the

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and

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. He was for some time secretary of the literary society '' Mekiẓe Nirdamim'', and in 1896 founded the "'' Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie''", of which he was coeditor with A. Freiman. Brody was the

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of the congregation of

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and chief rabbi of

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(both cities then part of

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), before moving to

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. In Czechoslovakia, he was the leader of the Mizrachi movement.

Literary works

Brody is author or editor of the following works: * "''Hebräische Prosodie von Imm. Frances, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen''", Cracow, 1892; * "''Haschlamah zum Talm. Tractat Berachot, von R. Meschullam b. Mose''", Berlin, 1893; * "''Beiträge zu Salomo da-Piera's Leben und Wirken''", Berlin, 1893; * "''

David Cassel David Cassel (7 March 1818 – 22 January 1893) was a German historian and Jewish theologian. Life Cassel was born in Gross-Glogau, a city in Prussian Silesia with a large Jewish community. He graduated from its gymnasium. His brother was S ...

's Biographie''", Cracow, 1893; * "''Ein Dialog von Imm. Frances''", Cracow, 1893; * "''Offener Brief an Herrn Prof. M. Hartmann''", Berlin, 1894; * "''Literarhistor. Mitteilungen''", No. 1, Cracow, 1894; * "''Studien zu den Dichtungen Yehuda ha-Levi's''", i.: "''Ueber die Metra der Versgedichte''", Berlin, 1895; * "''Zehn Gedichte aus dem Dîwân

Moses ibn Esra Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

''", Leipzig, 1896; * "''Der Dîwân des

Yehuda ha-Levi Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; he, יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi ; ar, يهوذا اللاوي ''Yahuḏa al-Lāwī''; 1075 – 1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, ...

''", vols. i. and ii.1, 1894–1901; * "''Weltliche Gedichte des Abu' Ajjub Soleiman b. Yahja (Solomon) ibn Gabirol''", No. 1-2, Berlin, 1897–1898; * "'' Arnold B. Ehrlichs, Mikra ki-Peschuto Kritisch Beleuchtet''", Cracow, 1902; * "'' Mikra Kodesch''", 1902. He has also published, under the assumed name of Dr. H. Salomonsohn, "Widerspricht der Zionismus Unserer Religion?" 1898, and is a contributor to "Ha-Maggid," "Israelitische Monatsschrift," "Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums," "Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Literatur des Judenthums," "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums," "Évkönyv," "Ha-Eshkol," "

Ha-Shiloaḥ ''Ha-Shiloaḥ'' () was a Hebrew-language literary journal, founded by Ahad Ha'am and the Ahi'asaf Publishing House in 1896. He edited the journal until December 1902, whereupon it came under the editorship of historian Joseph Klausner. It ceased ...

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References

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Isidore Singer Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an American encyclopedist and editor of ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man. Biography Singer was born in 1859 in Weisskirchen, M ...

Frederick T. Haneman Frederick Theodore Haneman (20 September 1862 – 3 May 1950) was an American author best known for being a contributor to the ''Jewish Encyclopedia.'' Haneman lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York. While writing articles for the ''Jewish Encyclo ...

External links

*
''Zeitschrift für hebraeische Bibliographie''
a digitized periodical edited by Bródy, at the

Leo Baeck Institute, New York The Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI) is a research institute in New York City dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history and culture, founded in 1955. It is one of three independent research centers founded by a group of German-speaking J ...

1868 births 1942 deaths Clergy from Uzhhorod Ukrainian Jews Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbis Hungarian rabbis Czech Orthodox rabbis Czechoslovak emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub