Background
Browne, Lewis was born on June 24, 1897 in London, England. Son of Harry Abrahim and Stessa (Fiesca) Browne.
Browne, Lewis was born on June 24, 1897 in London, England. Son of Harry Abrahim and Stessa (Fiesca) Browne.
Came to the United States, 1912. Bachelor of Arts, University of Cincinnati, 1919. B.H., Hebrew Union College, Rabbinical Seminary, 1920.
Post-graduate work, Yale, 1920-1922.
Rabbi, Temple Israel, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1920-1923. Free lance writer, 1923-1924. Rabbi Free Synagogue of Newark, New Jersey (associate with Rabbi Stephen South. Wise), 1924-1926.
Organizer and president Newark Labor College, 1925.
Resigned rabbinate, 1926, to devote time to writing and lecturing. Visiting professor, summers, Pennsylvania State College, 1928, University of California at Los Angeles, 1932, 33, University of Hawaii, 1937, 39.
Extension division lecturer on History of Civilization, University of California, 1934-1939, Columbia University (1938-1943). Author: Congregational Prayer Service, 1925.
Stranger Than Fiction, 1925—English edit of same under title of The Story of the Jews, 1926.
This Believing World, 1926. That Manitoba Heine (with Elsa Weihl), 1927. The Graphic Bible, 1928.
The Final Stanza, 1929.
Why Are Jews Like That?, 1929. Since Calvary, 1931; Blessed Spinoza, 1932.
How Odd of God, 1934. All Things Are Possible, 1935.
Oh, Say, Can You See!, 1937.
Something Went Wrong, 1942. See What I Mean?, 1943. The Wisdom of Israel, 1945.
The World’s Great Scriptures, (illustrated by author), 1946.
Radio commentator, lecturer, world traveler. Civilian lecturer on orientation for War Department, 1942-1949.
Home: Uplifters Ranch, Santa Monica, California.
Married Myna Eisner Lissner, 1930 (divorced, 1941).