Rabbi Stephen Lerner, CC ‘60, remembered for Jewish leadership, commitment to journalism
Rabbi Stephen Lerner, CC ‘60, remembered for Jewish leadership, commitment to journalism Courtesy Of / Town and Village Synagogue By Sofia Kwon | February 9, 2021, 1:12 AM
Rabbi Stephen Lerner, CC ’60, heralded as “the leading maker of new Jews in the New York area if not the country,” died on Jan. 27 of COVID-19. He was 80 years old.
Born in 1940, Lerner grew up in a majority Jewish neighborhood in the Bronx before coming to Columbia. At Columbia, he joined Spectator and eventually became the editorial page editor in 1959, an experience he said would shape him as a young man. Throughout his life, he continued his involvement in Spectator by joining its board of trustees in 2019, where he expressed his commitment to supporting investigative and data journalism.
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