HaGeto HaChadash (Das Neue Ghetto)

In addition to his Zionist activities, Herzl was a noted playwright. He wrote some dozen plays, most of which dealt with social questions of the time. Hebrew and Yiddish writer Reuben Brainin (1862-1939), received a traditional Jewish education in his birthplace of Liadi (Belarus). In 1909, Brainin settled in New York. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 1291-2