Isidor_Lewi Knowpia

Isidor Lewi (May 9, 1850^[1]^[2] – 1938^[3] or 1939^[4]) was a journalist who served on the editorial board of the New York Tribune.^[4] He once interviewed Charles Dickens.^[5]

Lewi 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.^[6]

Lewi shook hands with Abraham Lincoln.^[5]

Lewi also edited and published The New Era Illustrated Magazine.^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[2]

He is remembered as a witness to history. ^[10]

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^ ^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.
^ Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr. (2018-06-19). American Jews with Czechoslovak Roots. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-5462-3893-5.
^ ^a ^b 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 "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.

[JewishEncyclopedia1904-1] 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.

[gurock-lewi-2] Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1998). American Jewish History. Taylor & Francis. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-415-91922-7.

[3] Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr. (2018-06-19). American Jews with Czechoslovak Roots. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-5462-3893-5.

[nytimes-isidorlewi-4] 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.

[HartfordCourant-isidorlewi-5] "1939 Jan 3 Isidor Lewi obituary". Hartford Courant. 1939-01-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

[6] "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.

[jewishencyclopedia-7] "NEW ERA ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

[loc-2016-8] Winick, Stephen (2016-10-11). "The Faith of Far Away Moses: Yom Kippur, 1893 | Folklife Today". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

[JewishEncyclopedia1905-9] 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.

[10] Freund, Lawrence S. (2022)."Isidor Lewi: Chronicler of History." The American Jewish Archives Journal 74 (1 & 2): 1-49.

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