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

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n) rabbi. He was born in Ungvár, in the Ung County of the

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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'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''", Leipzig, 1896; * "''Der Dîwân des Yehuda ha-Levi''", vols. i. and ii.1, 1894–1901; * "''Weltliche Gedichte des Abu' Ajjub Soleiman b. Yahja (Solomon) ibn Gabirol''", No. 1-2, Berlin, 1897–1898; * "''

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, Mikra ki-Peschuto Kritisch Beleuchtet''", Cracow, 1902; * "''

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''", 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, 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 Kla ...

," etc.

References

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::By

Isidore Singer Isidore Singer (10 November 1859 – 20 February 1939) was an Austrian-born 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 ...

& Frederick T. Haneman

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 Orthodox rabbis Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbis Hungarian Orthodox rabbis Czech Orthodox rabbis Czechoslovak emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary alumni 19th-century Hungarian rabbis Czechoslovak rabbis 20th-century Czech rabbis 20th-century Hungarian rabbis Rabbis of Prague Chief rabbis of populated places Mizrachi (political party) politicians {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub