Stewart Judah

Infobox_Person
Name = Stewart Judah
Background = close up magician
Birth_name = Joshua Stewart
nationality = American
known_for = sleight of Hand, card magic
Alias = Stewart Judah
occupation = magician
birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohioflagicon|Ohio Born 1893
death_cause = natural causes
death_date = 1966

History

Stewart Judah (February 16th, 1893 - June 11th, 1966) began a career in magic in 1920. By 1938 he was selected as one of the 10 best living card magicians. [cite web |url=http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioHIJ.htm |title= Biographies Page H-I-J]

Named one of the "Card Stars" in Hilliard's Greater Magic and featured in Pallbearer's Review. He contributed effects to many magazines including Jinx, Phoenix, New Phoenix, Talisman and Linking Ring. [cite web |url=http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Stewart_Judah |title= Stewart Judah MagicPedia entry]

One of his marketed effects was the "The Keys of Judah".

Each year, International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 71 holds a yearly picnic combined with the local Society of American Magicians, featuring the time-honored John Braun/Stewart Judah contest. [cite web |url=http://www.ring71.com/main.html |title= International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 71]

Published Works

* Subtle Problems You Will Do (1937) with John Braun
* The Magic World of Stewart Judah (1966) edited by John Braun

Tributes to Stewart Judah

*A Tribute To The Card Tricks Of Stewart Judah by Ryan Swigart (2006)

See also

*List of magicians
*Magicians
*Card magic
*sleight of hand

External Links

*SeeMagicPedia
* [http://www.ring71.com/main.html Cincinnati International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 71]

Reference