Who’s Who in American Jewry: entry for WZS (1926)

Spiegelman, William Zev

Journalist, editor; b. Aug. 28, 1894, Siedlce, Poland; s. David L. and Eve (Ossinholtz) Spiegelman; ed. Studied at Univ. of Cracow; student of Judaica and Hebraica, pupil of late scholar, Dr. S.A. Psoznanski, Chief Rabbi of Warsaw; m. Dora Moreiss, Nov. 29, 1924, Providence, RI.

Started journalistic work on Polish and Jewish newspapers, 1911; city editor, Fraind, 1912; translated German books, including Samson Raphael Hirsch’s “Nineteen Letters on Judaism; worked on several Polish newspapers, including Nasz Przegland; one of the founders of the Jewish Writers and Journalists Assn. in Poland and served as hon. Secy. over three years; parliamentary corr. For Warsaw paper, Der Moment; later joined Jewish Telegraphic Agency in London; 1923, exec. Sec. Jewish Educational Assn. of San Francisco.

Editor, Jewish Daily Bulletin, since its inception, Oct. 15, 1924; editor, Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Author: History of the Development of Jewish Sects (mss.) and numerous articles published in Polish, Hebrew, Yiddish, German and English newspaper and periodicals. Member: IOBB; Fed. Of Jewish Philanthropic Sociesties, NYC. Club: Peretz Writers. Address: 8817 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.