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.
Stan strung transmission wires in the South Pacific during World War II.
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
Herman Ringel and Walter Ruby wore opposing uniforms in the Great War
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.