Tagged Ruth Marcus

As the sexual assault claim against Joe Biden builds, some Jewish women wonder whether he deserves their support

Joe Biden arrives at a media event in Wilmington, Del., March 12, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
April 30, 2020 / Ron Kampeas, JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Monday was supposed to have been a good news day for Joe Biden: The venerable New York congresswoman Nita Lowey convened hundreds of women on a phone call to launch a new group, Jewish Women for Joe. The timing, though, was not auspicious. The same day,… Read more »

Seeking Kin: What became of three Grodno students?
December 28, 2012 / Hillel Kuttler, JTA
The fate of three of the 15 students in the first graduating class of Grodno's Tarbut Gymnasium in 1930 (pictured with three of their teachers and the principal) remains a mystery. The three students, shown in the inserts, are Velvel Poliak, Yitzhak Levin/Levine and Max Margolis. (Courtesy Ruth Marcus)

The “Seeking Kin” column aims to help reunite long-lost relatives and friends. BALTIMORE (JTA) — In 2008, Ruth Marcus began looking ahead to 2010: the centennial of the birth of her late father, Yitzhak Eliasberg, and 80 years since Grodno’s Tarbut Gymnasium graduated its first class, Eliasberg included. Marcus,… Read more »