[T1S1] his birth in Pittsburgh, PA; grandparents' emigration from Lithuania; information about grandparents' settlement in the United States; grandfather's dry goods business in Pittsburgh; father's second marriage; names of his step-siblings; recollections of early life in the Oakland section of the city; education, Holmes School, Schenley High School, and Duquesne University; religious atmosphere in parents' home; effects of the depression on the family's financial situation; changes in the Jewish community of Pittsburgh; his service as president, Tree of Life Synagogue, 1958-60; religious education; employment at Wise Shoe Store during high school; courtship and marriage to Helen Leventon; birth of their children; children's education, families, and careers; early medical care; recollections and some history of Tree of Life Synagogue; names of rabbis that served at Tree of Life; his service as honorary president of Tree of Life; his service on the board and as president of the Jewish Home for the Aged (JHA); history of the JHA; his service as a delegate to the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Democratic Convention.
