^Elkin, Michael. Black, White-Hot and Read All Over. Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 2008-05-29: 35. Giving the devil his due? No, says Black, it's due to Judaism that he feels as good as he does. 'Without it, I would have been in a lot of trouble,' concedes the Washington-born Lewis Niles Black, who forged his persona crossing the river and wading through childhood in Silver Spring, Md.