Louis Rubin's people on his father's side were odd, inscrutable, and remarkable. In contrast to his mother's family, who were normal, good people devoid of mystery, the ways of the Rubins both puzzled and attracted him. In My Father's People, Rubin tells as best I can about them all -- my father, his three brothers, and his three sisters. It is a searching, sensitive story of Americanization, assimilation, and the displacement -- and survival --...