We know practically nothing about her. What we do know comes from a single document written in 1947. From a family that included impressive Torah scholars, she was highly influenced by a man born and baptized a Catholic, raised for the priesthood, yet spent all his...

This chapter is an excerpt from Memorie d’un cronista d’assalto (“Memories of a Crusading Journalist”) Milan, Italy: l’Ornitorinco Editori, (2016) by John Cappelli (Translation by Vanni Cappelli) Image of an old photo taken in 1966 at the Manhattan apartment of United...

“My father, who had been a horse trader in Russia, got himself a horse and a small wagon, and became a ragman, buying old rags, pieces of metal, and junk for pennies, nickels, and dimes… Even on Eagle Street, in the poorest section of town, where all the families were...