^Elkin, Michael (May 29, 2008). "Black, White-Hot and Read All Over". Jewish Exponent. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. hlm. 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.