The sweep of family history across the generations
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
Twyla Ariel Eilertsen Ruby was born on August 7, 1985
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 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Abe Blokh became Abe Ratner to avoid conscription and get out of Russia. With his young wife and her mother, they voyaged from Bremen to Leeds to New York
Home from the war, Stan Ruby was a graduate student in physics at Columbia University. Helga Ringel was a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin
From Red Hook to Gerritsen Beach to Bay Ridge, Jack and Camilla Eilertsen lived the Norwegian immigrant experience in Brooklyn
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
Joan Ruby married Milton Felenstein. Their life and family in Rockville Centre.
Leon Klein continued to work for American Spirits as its upstate New York sales representative
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.
First came Walter, then Danny and Joanne. They would carry on the Ruby-Ringel genes.