Lewin’s father, who was elected twice to the Lodz City Council, was later a professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School and a prolific author in Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.
The father of Lewin, who served on the city council of Lodz twice, pursued a career as a professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University's graduate school and wrote numerous books in multiple languages, including Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.