Ludwig Lewisohn

Lewisohn produced some 40 full-length fiction and non-fiction books, nearly as many translations, wrote numerous magazine and journal articles and edited countless other written works.

[2] Lewisohn's mother was the daughter of a rabbi, but when the family moved to America they settled in an area where there was not a practicing Jewish congregation.

The bitter irony in this advice led Lewisohn to return to Judaism and he became an outspoken critic of American Jewish assimilation.

[2] Upon leaving Ohio State University Lewisohn became drama critic at the Nation and then was promoted to associate editor in 1920.

Lewisohn was a member of the Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences and was an honorary secretary of the Zionist Organization of America.

[8] Spear actually burst in on his wedding to Edna Manley at a Baltimore synagogue, insisting that he first marry and then divorce her or she would sue him for bigamy.