The sweep of family history across the generations
Our reconstructed timeline: How Elly and Helga Ringel were smuggled with SS escort out of Germany and across the Belgian border in October 1938
An innovator in modern dance and choreography since breaking in with the Murray Lewis Dance Company in the 1980s. The Ratners moved geographically. Janis moves artistically.
In July 1940, consular officials from three nations conspired to open an escape route for Jews out of occupied France. Why did they do it?
Today it is Rezekne in Latvia. In the 19th century, it was the village in Vitebsk Province where our Tulbowitz clan lived in the old Yiddish way
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
Our best documented family line is Feige Kaufler's ancestry among the Jewish families of Krakow.
Leon Klein continued to work for American Spirits as its upstate New York sales representative
The estranged husband of Betty Ringel was one of the 1000 war evacuees who found safe haven in the only U.S refugee camp
Moses Ringel and Rose Lea Reichman raised a large family in Rzeszów in the Galizianer tradition
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.