ci city, forcing thousands more to flee. he lived in a dirt floor shack and his great grandson told the story of their family rally s steep. he fled a village where they lived for centuries and took chances in america. he set foot on ellis i dand in 1903 with $8 to his name. fluent in polish, russian, and yiddish, he understood no english. they started a business with goods from a horse and mug hugy and hoped up a habedashery and a chain of department stores listed on the stock exchange. the family emerged from a prosperous plan of merchant scholars and professionals and most important, american citizens. the reason we know about him and