Creating global shalom – a long and diverse family heritage, following in path of open Judaism

Iwas born two days before the general of the army, Douglas MacArthur, one of my maternal grandmother’s numerous cousins involved as leaders of the western allies wartime leadership in the Second World War, presided over the armistice signing on the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

The numerous branches and roots of my mother’s family have long exercised leadership in government, business, politics, war and religion. Presidents, monarchs, military figures. In the United States, Dr. Isaac Roosevelt was a business and political partner with Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers. So much so, that if I identify those roots, I risk loss of credibility with those not schooled in these matters. Yet, understanding those roots and branches in essential in fully understanding my mo