Everyday Heroic Lives: Portraits from Chicago's Jewish Past

Everyday Heroic Lives is a new collection of the works of longtime Chicago Jewish Historical Society president Walter Roth. Everyday Heroic Lives tells fascinating tales of Chicago Jewish heroes. This volume contains some portraits of Jews who played significant roles in Chicago's historic meatpacking industry, from the points of view of both labor and capital, as well as portraits of lawyers, scholars, and participants in significant constitutional law cases. The book also contains some of the author's book and theater reviews first published in the Chicago Jewish History quarterly. There are also stories of Roth's family making their way as refugees in Chicago in the 1930s and 1940s. Some of the featured heroes are Abner Mikva, Leon Despres, Nelson Morris, Walter Mander, Rosika Schwimmer, and David and Miriam Canter.

Author: Walter Roth
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/11/2016
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9781497382237

About the Author
Walter Roth was born in 1929, the last Jewish child born in the village of Roth, Germany. He came to Chicago as a refugee with his father, stepmother and two siblings in 1938. Walter attended Hyde Park High School and the University of Illinois at Navy Pier. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School where he was editor of the law review and named to the Order of the Coif. He then spent a year and a half at Ma'aleh Hahamisha, a kibbutz in Israel. Upon his return to Chicago, he clerked for US District Court Judge Luther M. Swygert . Walter was a partner at the law firm of D'Ancona, Pflaum, Wyatt and Riskind, which merged with Seyfarth Shaw. He and his wife Chaya, a psychologist, have three children and seven grandchildren. Walter was president of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society and of the Midwest Region of the American Jewish Congress, where his work focused on civil rights. He is a life trustee of Congregation Rodfei Zedek of Hyde Park and was the first president of the board of Akiba Schechter Jewish Day School. Walter is the author of Toni and Markus: From Village Life to Urban Stress; Departure and Return: Trips to and Memories from Roth, Germany; Looking Backward: True Stories from Chicago's Jewish Past; and Avengers, and Defenders: Glimpses of Chicago's Jewish Past; and co-author of An Accidental Anarchist.

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