"We have stony hearts toward the living and we erect monuments of stone to the dead. A living memorial is the only kind worthy of living beings, whether they are with us here or have gone Beyond. Better name after him the street in or near which he lived than to erect some obstruction in stone, for the one comes into our life and the other we pass by carelessly. But better set to work the noble ideas which he had and do, as far as we may and can, that which he longed to do. Thus he remains in our lives, the living factor that he was, and the memory of him does not become part of a tombstone or a static statue." -- William Z. Spiegelman.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

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.
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