Isidor Lewi
Isidor Lewi (May 9, 1850[1][2] – January 3, 1939[3][4]) was a journalist who served on the editorial board of the New York Tribune.[3] He once interviewed Charles Dickens.[4]
Lewi was the eldest child of Dr. Joseph Lewi, who emigrated from Bohemia to Albany, New York in 1849. Born in Albany on May 9, 1850, he was educated in the Albany Academy.[1] His wife was Emita May (d. on January 23, 1931), they were noted in their community for charitable work.[5]
Lewi once shook hands with Abraham Lincoln.[4] He also edited and published The New Era Illustrated Magazine.[1][2][6][7][8]
Lewi is remembered as a witness to history.[9] On January 3, 1939, he died in his apartment at a residential hotel in Manhattan while recuperating from a broken leg.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1904. p. 67.
- ^ a b Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1998). American Jewish History. Taylor & Francis. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-415-91922-7.
- ^ a b c Studio, Times (1939-01-03). "ISIDOR LEWI DEAD; LONG A JOURNALIST; Member of Herald Tribune Staff Was 88 and Had Been News Writer Since 1870 COVERED THE CHICAGO FIRE Also Wrote of Historic River Packet Races--Saw Lincoln on Way to Inaugural". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ a b c d "1939 Jan 3 Isidor Lewi obituary". Hartford Courant. 1939-01-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ "MANY AT FUNERAL OF MRS. ISIDOR LEWI; Services Simple, as Former Leader in Charity Work Had Requested". The New York Times. 1931-01-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
- ^ "NEW ERA ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ Winick, Stephen (2016-10-11). "The Faith of Far Away Moses: Yom Kippur, 1893 | Folklife Today". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ Singer, Isidore; Adler, Cyrus (1905). The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Funk & Wagnalls Company. p. 632.
- ^ Freund, Lawrence S. (2022)."Isidor Lewi: Chronicler of History." The American Jewish Archives Journal 74 (1 & 2): 1-49.