1895: upon death of father, cared for by his mother and his half-brother, Itzhak Meyer Spiegelman (1868-1940), in Warsaw.
1907: studies briefly at the Yeshiva at Lida, Poland, then returns to Warsaw. Private tutors, and then Rabbi Poznanski (Chief Rabbi of Warsaw, Great Synagogue), educate him in the Talmud, modern Hebrew and Hassidic lore.
1908: audits courses at the University of Krakow. Studies Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Nineteen Letters on Judaism with Sarah Schenirer and eventually translates the book from German into Polish.
1911: starts career as journalist.
1912: city editor for Fraind.
1914: becomes city editor and parliamentary correspondent for Yiddish-language Der Moment (published in Warsaw from 1910-1939) and Polish Nasz Przegland.
mid-1910s: Writes for a Hebrew daily newspaper (Hazefirah, published in Warsaw) and a Hebrew weekly (Haolom, published in Berlin). Co-founds the Jewish Writers and Journalists Association of Poland.
1907: studies briefly at the Yeshiva at Lida, Poland, then returns to Warsaw. Private tutors, and then Rabbi Poznanski (Chief Rabbi of Warsaw, Great Synagogue), educate him in the Talmud, modern Hebrew and Hassidic lore.
1908: audits courses at the University of Krakow. Studies Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Nineteen Letters on Judaism with Sarah Schenirer and eventually translates the book from German into Polish.
1911: starts career as journalist.
1912: city editor for Fraind.
1914: becomes city editor and parliamentary correspondent for Yiddish-language Der Moment (published in Warsaw from 1910-1939) and Polish Nasz Przegland.
mid-1910s: Writes for a Hebrew daily newspaper (Hazefirah, published in Warsaw) and a Hebrew weekly (Haolom, published in Berlin). Co-founds the Jewish Writers and Journalists Association of Poland.
1918: tours places in Poland affected by the pogroms. Meets Henry Morganthau, Sr., and Jacob Landau, founder of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (J.T.A.).
1920: Travels to England in July for the London Zionist Congress. Stays and works as an editor for the J.T.A.
1921: travels to Montreal on behalf of the J.T.A.
1923: Enters USA at Rouses Point, New York, on March 14. Moves to San Francisco and stays with relatives who live there. Edits an English-language Jewish weekly, and serves as Executive Secretary of the Jewish Education Association of SanFrancisco. Meets his future wife, Dora Tekuchinsky (born in Poland 1899).
1920: Travels to England in July for the London Zionist Congress. Stays and works as an editor for the J.T.A.
1921: travels to Montreal on behalf of the J.T.A.
1923: Enters USA at Rouses Point, New York, on March 14. Moves to San Francisco and stays with relatives who live there. Edits an English-language Jewish weekly, and serves as Executive Secretary of the Jewish Education Association of SanFrancisco. Meets his future wife, Dora Tekuchinsky (born in Poland 1899).
1924: moves to New York City. Starts publishing a weekly column entitled "Our New York Letter" for the J.T.A. Becomes editor of the J.T.A.'s Jewish Daily Bulletin. Marries Dora Tekuchinsky in Providence, Rhode Island.
1925: birth of daughter, Ruth Joy, in New York. Begins his History of the Development of Jewish Sects.
1927-1929: serves at least two terms as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Histadruth Ivrith.
1929: birth of daughter, Judith Marcia, in New York. Resigns the J.T.A. to join the Jewish Biographical Bureau.
1926-1931: edits Who's Who in American Jewry for the Jewish Biographical Bureau.
1929: birth of daughter, Judith Marcia, in New York. Resigns the J.T.A. to join the Jewish Biographical Bureau.
1930: becomes Director of Public Relations for the Jewish National Fund, and editor of its English-Yiddish publication.
1932: birth of son, Emanuel David, in New York.
1934: petitions for and receives his naturalization papers. Becomes head of the anti-Nazi Boycott Bureau, American Jewish Congress.
1939: works on the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia (10 volumes, 1939-1943).
1940: suffers his first heart attack.
1942: issued a draft card.
1943: becomes New York correspondent for the Tel Aviv daily, Haboker.
1944: becomes editor of Land and Life, a publication of the Jewish National Fund.
1946: travels to Quebec with Dora for a vacation.
1947: travels to Palestine on assignment from the JNF. Offered and accepts directorial position in the JNF's International Section. Back in Brooklyn, suffers another heart attack.
1948: invited to take up post in the JNF Headquarters in Jerusalem.
1934: petitions for and receives his naturalization papers. Becomes head of the anti-Nazi Boycott Bureau, American Jewish Congress.
1939: works on the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia (10 volumes, 1939-1943).
1940: suffers his first heart attack.
1942: issued a draft card.
1943: becomes New York correspondent for the Tel Aviv daily, Haboker.
1944: becomes editor of Land and Life, a publication of the Jewish National Fund.
1946: travels to Quebec with Dora for a vacation.
1947: travels to Palestine on assignment from the JNF. Offered and accepts directorial position in the JNF's International Section. Back in Brooklyn, suffers another heart attack.
1948: invited to take up post in the JNF Headquarters in Jerusalem.
1949 May 14: in Brooklyn (853 East 9th Street), dies of a heart attack. His remains buried in Brooklyn.
1950 May 23: remains transferred to Nachalot Itzhak Cemetery, Tel Aviv.
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