Goodman Lipkind

Rabbi Goodman Lipkind (1878–1973) was a London rabbi who later emigrated to New York City.

He wrote many articles for the Jewish Encyclopedia,[1] and in Joseph Leftwich's biography of writer Israel Zangwill is mentioned as inspiration for the character of Rabbi Joseph Strelitski in Zangwill's novel Children of the Ghetto.[2]

  1. ^ One can see "Goodman Lipkind, B.A., Rabbi in London England" in the list of contributors to the first volume of the Jewish Encyclopedia via searching for "Lipkind" in a version available on Internet Archive, and also those articles in the first volume written by him via searching for the abbreviation "G. L." which was used. One can also find the articles written by Goodman Lipkind in the version of The Jewish Encyclopedia available via a website supported by the Kopelman Foundation via searching for "Goodman Lipkind".
  2. ^ Leftwich, Joseph (1957). Israel Zangwill. New York, T. Yoseloff. p. 65. I have been told that Rabbi Goodman Lipkind, who wrote the note on Zimmer in the Jewish Encyclopedia, served Zangwill for some of the characteristics of Joseph Strelitski, the Rabbi who emigrated to America. But he also drew on Harry Lewis, a Toynbee resident who became a Liberal Rabbi.