One of Lewine's professors at the Columbia University School of Journalism was Ari L. Goldman.
Lewine is married to Megan Liberman, who was named web editor of The New York Times Magazine in March 2007.
Lewine is the son of Milton J. Lewine, a professor of art history at Columbia University, and Carol F. Lewine, a professor emerita of art history at Queens College.
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