The sweep of family history across the generations
Stan's Mathematica notebooks document his later work and speculations
Betty Ringel's two daughters were able to leave Germany before 1938. They were in the twenties and they settled in London.
Amid the chaos of the Nazi period, the Zionist school in Charlottenburg taught skills and values that lasted a lifetime
Insider dealings in the French jewelry trade. Swank cocktail parties for the Nazi elite. A rough-cut Jewish jeweler and his ebullient new wife. Where Henry Kissinger met Le Duc Tho.
The Ringel family crossed from Lisbon on the SS Guine—but their entry to the U.S. was anything but routine
Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.
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?
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse
Seymour, also called Samuel, was partly estranged from the family. He worked as a truant officer in the New York City schools. His daughter Harriet Berkowitz discovered our blog and contributed a trove of precious documents.
Watching Sputnik at night from our back yard in a suburb of Pittsburgh is one of my earliest memories.
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.
Meta, Blossom and Sadie
Our family’s amazing year of discovery and connection
During the course of my genealogy work, I have discovered and connected with cousins from all my family branches. Here are some lessons learned.