A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.
The Tulbowitz/Ratner family originated in the Vitebsk region, lived for decades near Rostov-on-Don, and finally settled in Albany, New York.
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans.
Out of the files of the U.S. Patent Office and into the peculiar subculture of corkscrew collectors.
Lee Harvey Oswald-killer Jack Ruby was not related to our family. He tarnished our name in the history books.