The golden Medina : America : land of opportunity : a family history / Robert E. Kravetz, MD ; foreword by Arthur Kurzweil.

Includes lines of descent.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.

Kravetz family in Europe -- Burko family in Europe -- Fuhr & Steier families in Europe -- Coming to America -- Ellis Island -- Becoming an American citizen -- Ida Korman & Hymie Burko family -- Shmuel Kravitz & Jacob Kravetz families -- Rebecca Burko & Kalman Kravetz family: the early years -- Kalman Kravetz and Prohibition -- Golda Steier & Jacob Fuhr family: the early years -- Irving George Fuhr interview -- Henrietta Berman & Irving George Fuhr family: recollections of Joan (Fuhr) Yellen -- Jean Fuhr & Murray Wortman family -- Tobia Fuhr & Max Nuht family -- Ida Fuhr & Benjamin Blond family -- Augusta (Gittlel) Fuhr & Louis Wexler family -- Yetta Bodner & Harry Steier family -- Marriage of Max Kravetz & Dorothy Fuhr -- Max & Dorothy Kravetz: the early years -- Reflections on raising Howard and Bob -- The Catskill mountains: "the borscht belt" -- Sheffield Farms Company: the Kravetz brothers -- A success story: Max Kravetz's work history -- Max & Dorothy Kravetz: the later years -- 50th wedding anniversary celebration: Max & Dorothy Kravetz -- Lillian Cherkowsky & Sam Kravetz family -- Mae Tornow & Abe Kravetz family -- Rose Kravetz & Sam Mirman family -- Mamie Burko & Morris Shanker family -- Ida Burko & Jacob Maltz family -- The Holocaust -- Why medicine?