Personal
Stephen Lewis is the son of former federal NDP leader David Lewis. He is married to journalist Michele Landsberg. Their son is broadcaster Avi Lewis, who married journalist and author Naomi Klein. Their daughters are Ilana Naomi Landsberg-Lewis and Jenny Leah Lewis; Ilana is the partner of musician and activist Lorraine Segato, and serves as executive director of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Lewis has at least three siblings. Two of them were active and high-ranking officials within the Ontario NDP during the 1980s and 1990s: Michael Lewis was the secretary, and Janet Solberg was the president. Another sister is Nina Lewis-Libeskind, the wife and partner of world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. Their grandfather Moishe Lewis was an activist in the Jewish Bund in Russia and the Jewish Labour Committee in Montreal.
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