Abraham Ratner
The founder of our Ratner family in America was born Abraham Bloch in Minsk. He came to Rostov,…
Rose Tulbowitz
Pogrom victim as a girl in Russia became the Ratner family matriarch in Albany, New York
Selma Ratner
Daughter of Abe and Rose Ratner of Albany. Married Walter Ruby. Mother of Joan and Stanley.…
George (Piser) Ratner
First son of Abe and Rose Ratner whose intermarriage to Emma Paeglow caused a family rift…
Walter Ruby
The youngest son of the immigrant Rabinowitz family, Walter Ruby reinvented himself…
Stanley Ruby
Golden boy from the "greatest generation" inhabited his Jewish-American identity and values. He…
Helga Ringel
Born into a German Jewish family, she escaped with her mother at age 14 and built a new life as…
Dan Ruby
Editorial technologist who created Family History Machine
Walter Ruby (the younger)
The eldest child of Stanley and Helga Ruby turned his youthful zeal for the Jewish state into a…
Joan Ruby
Daughter of Walter Ruby and Selma Ratner. Brother of Stanley. Mother of Wendy, Marsha and Robert…
Twyla Eilertsen Ruby
Twyla's graduate education in the history of science prepared her for a career in museum…