[T1S1] parents' emigration from Europe; his birth and early life in Brooklyn, NY; religious education, Yeshiva School, Rabbinical Seminary of America, and City College of New York; his siblings and their place of residence; marriage to Minnie Muskowitz of Elizabeth, PA; his sisters' educations; married life in New York; first position as a rabbi, Valdosta, GA; moves to Pittsburgh to accept a position there; leaves to take a rabbinical position in Oil City, PA, for eleven years; discussion of his three daughters; their education, careers and families; changes in Pittsburgh.