The sweep of family history across the generations
It was a signature moment of the turbulent 1960s. Walter, 18, and Dan, 15, were there in Chicago, working as messengers for the Eugene McCarthy campaign.
Machinist Dan Ruby and his team members envision a new future for Family History Machine
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
Amid the chaos of the Nazi period, the Zionist school in Charlottenburg taught skills and values that lasted a lifetime
From civil rights to war resistance to arms control, Ruby family members embraced liberal social causes
Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge
Most of what we discovered about Rabbi Spektor's genealogy was entirely true. All but the myth of our family's connection to it
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.
Meta, Blossom and Sadie
Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that suggested a more tenuous connection.